Libby holds a First-Class Honours degree in BA Geography from Durham University and is commencing an MSc in International Social and Public Policy at LSE. Her research interests include political risk analysis in North America and the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on how such risks evolve within the context of environmental uncertainty and shifting geopolitical stability.
Reform UK and the Politics of Exclusion
Reform’s ascent to the forefront of British politics signals a profound realignment of the nation’s political landscape. Emerging from the political fringes, the party has adeptly transformed public disillusionment with…
US Billionaires in Britain: Why Platform Power Is Now a National Security Issue
On September 13, 2025, over 100,000 far-right ‘Unite the Kingdom’ demonstrators flooded central London, turning the heart of the capital into a sea of Union Jacks and St George’s crosses…
Trump’s Troops in D.C.: The New Face of American Policing
Nearly a month after Donald Trump sent the National Guard into Washington, D.C., the fallout continues to ripple through public debate, with criticism mounting, concerns deepening, and a few voices…
Redrawing the Map: Texas, Trump and Market Fallouts
With Trump’s return to power, US politics has entered a new era of hardball partisanship. Nowhere is this clearer than Texas, where Republicans and Democrats are clashing over a redistricting…
US Foreign Policy from Ferguson to Gaza: The Racial Logic of Israel-Palestine
From the streets of Ferguson to the besieged neighborhoods of Gaza, America’s politics of racialized control reveal a disturbing continuity. At home, Black Americans face systemic criminalization; abroad, Palestinians are…