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Sochi and Sports: The Legacies of Cold War Policy in Modern-Day Russia

Posted by Anna Aryal on Oct 19, 2018 in Culture & Sport, Featured, Russia | 0 comments

The use of sports to display an image of a strong, modernized Russia to the global community has been a...

Négociations du Brexit: l’avenir de l’économie britannique menacé

Posted by Michaela Faiola on Oct 19, 2018 in Economy & Trade, Europe, Foreign Policy & IR, UK | 0 comments

Alors que le 29 mars 2019 approche, marquant la sortie officielle du Royaume-Uni de l’Union Européenne,...

Killing The Messenger

Posted by An Aggrieved Journalist on Oct 18, 2018 in Featured, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, The Americas, United States | 0 comments

This article is dedicated to the journalists around the world who have died for the sake of their work. ...

De la crise économique de 2008 à la montée du Nationalisme : l’Ascension des Extrêmes Politiques

Posted by William Stevens on Oct 18, 2018 in Europe, France | 0 comments

Alors que la violente crise économique de 2008, déclenchée après la chute de la banque Lehman Brothers,...

Catalogne : Un an après l’échec du référendum pour l’indépendance, la situation des indépendantistes remise en question

Posted by Elias Lemercier on Oct 17, 2018 in Europe, Featured, Spain | 0 comments

Le 28 Septembre 2018, de lourds affrontements sont survenus dans les rues de Catalogne entre...

A Tale of Three Sydneys

Posted by Brian McGinn on Oct 17, 2018 in Culture & Sport, Featured | 0 comments

As the global population continues to increase and urbanization rates reach all-time highs, cities must...

Terrorisme: l’Arme Populiste du Front National

Posted by Lauren Naniche on Oct 16, 2018 in Europe, Featured, France | 0 comments

Le 21 avril 2002, lors du second tour des élections présidentielles, s’opposent Jacques Chirac, candidat...

Sweden’s 2018 Election and the Shortcomings of Proportional Representation

Posted by Rebecka Pieder on Oct 15, 2018 in Europe, Featured | 1 comment

“Populism” and “Political Fragmentation” are terms that one would not immediately associate with stable...

Debt and the IMF: Pakistan’s Economic Conundrum

Posted by Muhammad Huzaifa Elahi on Oct 15, 2018 in Economy & Trade, Featured, Foreign Policy & IR, Pakistan, South Asia | 0 comments

On October 9th, Finance Minister Asad Umar announced that Pakistan would negotiate with the International...

The Executive vs the Legislature vs the People: Conflicts of British Constitutionalism

Posted by Mark Siraut on Oct 14, 2018 in Europe, Featured, UK | 0 comments

Only five countries in the world do not have a codified constitution, or a written-down set of rules...

The Brain Behind the Deal: A Portrait of Chrystia Freeland

Posted by Anne Karam on Oct 13, 2018 in Canada, Economy & Trade, Featured, United States | 0 comments

For the past year, Canada’s economic relationship with the United States has had an element of...

Kanien’kehá:ka Territory: Where McGill Stands

Posted by Liam Ragan on Oct 12, 2018 in Canada, Featured, History | 0 comments

As noteworthy as some of its recent Indigenous-oriented academic opportunities are, they come up short when contextualized by the fact that McGill is built on unceded Haudenosaunee land. The fact that many students reading this article will be hearing about some of these issues for the first time reflects a societal apathy to Indigenous issues which we must overcome.