Semantron 23 Summer 2023

Contents

Part One

AMANDLA

2

Why did the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan fail? ARISTIDES HALL

9

Donald Trump and ‘Trumpism’ in relation to the rise of Hitler and Nazism JOSS TITCOMB

12

Should diplomatic immunity be abolished? THOMAS HARRIS

16

Copyright law, creativity and innovation YAN HUNG LUI

27

Animal rights ALEX GERASIMCHUK

29

Promises in law, or estoppel SUJAAN SINGH KOCHHAR

35

Are economic sanctions against Russia proving ineffective? FREDDIE WALKER

Part Two

BEHAVIOUR

40 The interior self in the surveillance state: the role of the personal diary in Maoist China EDMUND IRVING

44

Can artificial intelligence ever be considered truly intelligent? YUSUF HASSAN

48

Learning and memory: a psychological and neurological analysis LAWRENCE VAUTIER

52

Behavioural economics and wine THOMAS SHOTTON

62

Genetic algorithms and optimization problems SETH BALDREY

65

Music and religion BROOKE STOREY

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