A NEW student-run journal providing a forum for political issues has gone on-line this week.

A group of graduate students from Durham University's school of government and international affairs, has launched the publication, called GAIA Review .

Its goal is to provide an outlet for opinion and research and research pieces by Durham students and alumni on a range of political and international issues.

GAIA Review editor-in-chief Angelo Salting Goode, a PhD student in international relations, said: "We just wanted to provide a forum for political issues of any kind, from any angle, on any issue.

"We have a lot of bright people here at Durham with interesting ideas and opinions, we just wanted to give that great exposure.''

The inaugural edition includes topics such as the legitimacy of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Filipino working class culture, statehood for US territories and European foreign policy.

The first edition also features articles on a range of other issues, with contributions from Durham students from a variety of departments and backgrounds.

The journal can be found on www.dur.ac.uk/ud.sgia