What is the U.S. Doing in Africa?
The U.S. maintains a vast network of military and CIA outposts throughout Africa. This continental occupation is largely justified by counterterrorism measures, but how well does the United States' strategy really address and reduce these…
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Gregor Robertson: A Look Back on An Impossible Claim
"Today we challenge ourselves to end street homelessness by 2015." - Gregor Robertson in his mayoral inauguration speech on December 8, 2008.
When Vancouver's outgoing mayor Gregor Robertson was first elected ten years ago, he did not…
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Traitement des données en France : entre sécurité et protection de la vie privée
la loi antiterroriste contredit le RGPD dans la mesure où elle autorise le gouvernement français à accéder aux données des personnes présentes sur le territoire sans leur consentement.
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An Interview with MIR Journal Author Pauline Crepy
"I’ve always been fascinated by Middle Eastern politics, but the Saudi Arabian and Iranian rivalry is of particular interest to me. I find the use of common identity as a military strategy, to mobilize citizens and militias to gain regional…
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The Planet Goes to Parliament
Inspired by a record-breaking heat-wave last summer responsible for a 30% increase in emergency service calls and the death of over 90 people in Quebec alone, the group, "The Planet Goes to Parliament" describes themselves as “independent…
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An Interview with MIR Journal Author Alec Regino
"The study of care work is well documented in the fields of feminist legal theory and feminist economics, and in recent years there seems to be an increasing amount of literature that makes considerations based on other axes of inequality,…
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Macron’s Presidency: A Revolution Turned Sour?
Macron's presidency delivers a programme unfamiliar to the French electorate: optimism. The French President's legislation and rhetoric illustrate his genuine belief that France is capable of progress. Facing him, however, is a population…
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North Macedonia: The Implications and Process of Changing the Name
For nearly thirty years the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (called the FYROM officially at the UN and the Republic of Macedonia informally) was in dispute with Greece over the name the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia…
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Pas de droits, pas de partenariat : comment la violation des droits de l’Homme fait de la Turquie un…
Depuis sa montée au pouvoir, la politique hostile et quasi-autoritaire menée par Erdogan ne fait que détériorer les relations entre l’ancien pôle de l’Empire Ottoman et l’Europe.
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The Return of Cold War Nuclear Politics?
On October 20th, 2018, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States of America would be withdrawing from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty.
The INF was signed in 1987 between the Cold War Superpowers, the United…
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