should I pick SOAS or Warwick

I have politics and international studies phd offers at both soas and warwick. As an international student, I do not have the ability to visit these schools, any thoughts or advice as to what would have the best reputation. Any other opinions are also most welcome!

North America "London" is more known then Warwick or Coventry. Both supervisor's are excellent, however the SOAS supervisor deals with my issue of interest dead on, where as Warwick the supervisor is general to the field and has an excellent opinion. To top it off, both of these profs work together on government projects! which is why I am having such a hard time deciding.

At the undergraduate and at the master's level Warwick is far better reputationally than SOAS.
SOAS is fairly unknown in the graduate job market in the UK.
Those who know of it think of it as a bit of a joke university full of drug using, far left wing, hippie kids

It does have an ok reputation in the academic world, but even there, Warwick would easily trump SOAS.
However, it does depend on your supervisor.
At the PhD level, if your supervisor at SOAS is the leading expert in his field, choose SOAS.
Otherwise, choose Warwick.

Really, its unknown in the grad market? Its my Firm for Econ, they want AAA? Ive talked to many SOAS grads, two of such who are at Goldman Sachs, others at the World Bank and some doing masters at LSE/Columbia/Oxbridge.

But you're reapplying, so what the ****....

Both supervisor's are excellent, however the SOAS supervisor deals with my issue of interest dead on, where as Warwick the supervisor is general to the field and has an excellent opinion.

Who would your politics supervisor be at SOAS? What area of politics are you focusing in btw? The politics department at SOAS can be amazing in some areas, but in others its really hit or miss

At SOAS my supervisor is set to be Fiona Adamson, who two Profs from my home school have published with

Looking at her list of publications, her interests probably do overlap nicely with yours:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff36218.php

That probably outweighs the general crappiness of SOAS.

my research would be fixed on immigration and diaspora terrorism/long distance nationalism (looking at globalization affect on immigration hubs). At SOAS my supervisor is set to be Fiona Adamson, who two Profs from my home school have published with (they have said great things about her). She used to teach at UCL, and did her schooling in the US. When I initially began this application process I had my heart set on Warwick. But it was interesting to note that a lot of Profs pointed me to her when I discussed my topic. London itself is in many ways a bigger headache (space/$ wise), however my interest lies in having a degree with a strong reputation, and between the two SOAS seems to have more global notoriaty.