The McGill International Review - Canada's premier undergraduate journal of international affairs

Turkish sculptor Mehmet Aksoy is no stranger to provoking conflict over his works of art. He has had politicians in his country disapprove of his work, such as the mayor of Ankara who took down Aksoy’s sculpture “At the Country of Fairies”,…
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It was long considered a “stylized fact” of economics that the division of income between labour and capital was a set ratio. Charles Cobb defined it as the owners of capital receiving a third of national income, and labourers the other two…
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On January 8th 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson delivered his 14 Points Speech, which outlined his personal vision for the post-World War I conduct of international relations. The main theory applied to understand…
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Tensions among key candidates are quickly rising in Russia as the March presidential election date draws closer. On Christmas Day, the Central Election Commission officially barred opposition leader Alexei A. Navalny from running in the…
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While the Angolan Civil War ostensibly began as another proxy war between the Soviet/Cuban-supported MPLA and the U.S.-backed UNITA, it soon devolved into a war over the vast oil and mineral wealth within the country, setting development…
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Both cultural barriers and structural gender discriminative policies are interwoven in a way that systemically inhibits the advancement of women in political leadership. As a result, there are currently only 20 women that represent as world…
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The new year is bringing much needed medical relief to Chicago’s South Side. At the end of 2017, the University of Chicago opened its new and improved adult emergency room and they are expecting to open their level 1 adult trauma centre, a…
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The number of migrants attempting to migrate to Europe via the Mediterranean reached epic proportions after the famed Arab Spring rose to a fever pitch in 2011. Public protests turned violent, and in Libya’s case, led to the US-backed…
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"They're hunting! The people are hungry" is the cry heard from a jarring video posted by Venezuelan congressman Carlos Paperoni on social media last week, a video depicting a Venezuelan mob beating a cow to death amid violent protests.…
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In 2000, as the United States made its entrance into the 20th century, it proudly declared itself measles-free. 17 short years later, it is struggling with the revival of a disease it once eradicated. Measles is on the rise across the US,…
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