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Game theory of Thrones: how strategy might decide who rules Westeros

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageYour move, Littlefinger.Sky Atlantic / HBO

Note: this article contains TV show plot spoilers up to the start of series five of Game of Thrones. It also features detail from the books (though no plot spoilers).

It’s that time of year when everyone and their dog takes a view on the most important political question of our times: who will sit the...

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Could the Le Pen family feud be a cunning political ploy?

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageHow sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!EPA

In France, the media has declared a “war” within Le Pen clan and the dispute seems to be escalating by the minute. The founder of the far-right Front National Jean-Marie Le Pen’s recent interviews on radio station RMC and in the extreme-right magazine Rivarol ha...

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