Akshara Agrawal

Akshara Agrawal is a student of International Relations, Conflict and Security at the Strand Campus of King’s College London. With a keen interest in political dynamics, global governance, and grassroots activism, she explores the intersection of domestic policy and international strategy.

Europe·Opinion

November 10, 2025

Editing the Truth: How the BBC Misstepped on Trump and Democracy

The recent BBC Panorama scandal, where a documentary on President Donald Trump was found to have deceptively edited his speech related to the January 6 Capitol events, has stunned the media world

Europe·Opinion

October 27, 2025

Steve Reed’s ‘Build, Baby, Build’ Gamble: Between Bulldozers and the Ballot Box

When Britain’s new Housing Secretary Steve Reed donned a red cap and declared “Build, baby, build,” it wasn’t just a slogan — it was a declaration of war on Britain’s housing gridlock.

Europe·Opinion

October 16, 2025

Britons Rethink Brexit as Immigration Policies Backfire

Nearly a decade after voting to “take back control” of their borders, a growing number of Britons now say they preferred the immigration system that existed before Brexit. According to new polling

The EU’s Encryption Stalemate: When Fighting Child Abuse Collides with Digital Freedom

The European Union’s long-gestating plan to combat online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has hit another wall — and the reasons why reveal something profound about Europe’s digital politics. What began as

October 12, 2025

Europe·Technology

Nothing but Growth: How India’s Gen Z is Powering a Smartphone Revolution

The smartphone maker ‘Nothing’ is aggressively targeting India’s Gen Z demographic for growth, highlighting a strategic pivot towards the world’s fastest-growing mobile market and its youth-led demand for technology. Nothing’s focus on

September 28, 2025

Asia·Technology

From TikTok to Turmoil: Why Britain’s Young Voters Are Losing Faith

Four and a half thousand miles away in Nepal, Gen Z protestors recently toppled their government in just 48 hours. Their anger at corruption and nepotism, channeled by TikTok influencers and amplified

September 26, 2025

Europe·Opinion

Hack Attack Halts Europe’s Airports

A cyberattack disrupted operations at several major European airports on Saturday, including Brussels Airport and London’s Heathrow, causing flight delays and cancellations. The attack targeted the service provider for the check-in and

September 20, 2025

Europe·News

Starmer’s Royal Gamble: Can Pomp Keep Trump Onside?

Keir Starmer’s week has been one of gilded carriages and sleepless nights. The pageantry of Donald Trump’s state visit — soldiers in bearskins, the royal household mobilized in full splendor, and even

September 18, 2025

Americas·Europe·Opinion

Europe’s Strategic Crossroads: Merz and the Quiet Realignment from Washington

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s latest speech was not merely a call for diplomatic diversification—it was a recognition that the bedrock of Europe’s postwar foreign policy, the transatlantic alliance, may be entering an

September 7, 2025

Opinion

Churchill’s Warning for Today: Lessons from “The Gathering Storm”

Some works of history fade with time; others only grow sharper and more urgent. Winston Churchill’s The Gathering Storm, the first volume in his six-part chronicle of the Second World War, belongs

September 1, 2025

Culture·Europe

ECB Gears Up for Digital Euro With Eye on Transforming Payments Market

The European Central Bank (ECB) is laying the groundwork for its much-anticipated digital euro, with internal planning documents revealing ambitions for a system capable of processing more than 50 billion transactions annually

August 24, 2025

Europe·Opinion

UK Inflation Surprises Again, Limiting Bank of England’s Scope for Rate Cuts

Inflation in the UK climbed more than expected in July, further restricting the Bank of England’s room to support a sluggish economy with lower borrowing costs. Figures from the Office for National

August 19, 2025

News

Our Oceans Are Boiling, But Maybe Europe Has a Lifeboat?

At the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice last week, one thing was unmistakably clear: our ocean is in crisis. But perhaps more importantly, a solution is beginning to surface—one

August 8, 2025

Planet

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Akshara Agrawal

Editing the Truth: How the BBC Misstepped on Trump and Democracy

Steve Reed’s ‘Build, Baby, Build’ Gamble: Between Bulldozers and the Ballot Box

Britons Rethink Brexit as Immigration Policies Backfire

The EU’s Encryption Stalemate: When Fighting Child Abuse Collides with Digital Freedom

Nothing but Growth: How India’s Gen Z is Powering a Smartphone Revolution

From TikTok to Turmoil: Why Britain’s Young Voters Are Losing Faith

Hack Attack Halts Europe’s Airports

Starmer’s Royal Gamble: Can Pomp Keep Trump Onside?

Europe’s Strategic Crossroads: Merz and the Quiet Realignment from Washington

Churchill’s Warning for Today: Lessons from “The Gathering Storm”

ECB Gears Up for Digital Euro With Eye on Transforming Payments Market

UK Inflation Surprises Again, Limiting Bank of England’s Scope for Rate Cuts

Our Oceans Are Boiling, But Maybe Europe Has a Lifeboat?

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