The LSE Undergraduate Political Review is thrilled to present its second journal of undergraduate research, with pieces authored by undergraduate students from Princeton University, Durham University, King’s College London and the LSE. Covering themes ranging from refugees and voting behaviour, China’s aid and influence in Sub-Saharan Africa, Catalan Independence, Putin’s rhetoric, the nation-state in the Middle East and Sweden’s lessons for the Trump administration in dealing with migrants, volume two explores leading political issues of the present day.