This document contains a collection of research papers and articles on various aspects of global politics and security. It includes analyses of the conservative party's increasing Euroscepticism, the impact of regional food systems on resilience in disasters, and the effects of Meltdown and Spectre attacks on high-performance computing applications. The papers also discuss the role of speculative execution in CPUs, the potential for regional food systems to support resilience in regional disasters, and the creation of public memory through newspaper coverage of the Great East Japan disaster. Additionally, the document covers topics such as the depoliticisation of austerity narratives, the security implications of speculative execution, and the capability hardware-enhanced RISC instructions (CHERI) in the context of Meltdown and Spectre attacks.