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Throughout history, the normative concept of states evolved and in the modern era statehood is granted through international recognition. According to the political scientist J. E. Petersen, who works for The Center for Middle Eastern…
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French economist Thomas Piketty has risen to prominence over the past few years thanks to his book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” published in August 2013. The basic idea of the book is that the return on capital is higher than…
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Earlier this year, following Russia’s annexing of Crimea and the recent increase in tensions following the transport of Russian military into Ukraine in November 2014, much of the developed world enforced sanctions against Russia, including…
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This week, MIR Online challenged readers to explore issues outside their commonly defined realms. Our writers raised controversial questions, pushing readers to perceive topics through a different lens. The articles ranged from the…
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On October 22nd 2014, an armed individual assaulted the National War Memorial as well as the Parliament Building, two politically and historically symbolic edifices located in the capital of Ottawa. 24 years old Corporal Nathan Cirillo…
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Is the word "genocide" becoming a commodity on the market for political influence? On October 29th, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center (MHMC) held an event…
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Il y a seulement un mois, un couple musulman été prié de quitter la salle de spectacle de l’Opéra de Paris sous prétexte que le voile intégral que portait la femme était en infraction de la loi sur l'interdiction du port du voile…
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Le retour de Vladimir Poutine au pouvoir était téléguidé: à l’issue d’un second et dernier mandat, impossible de se représenter à la tête de l’état. Par subterfuge, Poutine favorisa son successeur désigné à la magistrature suprême, qui lui…
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With the ailing Bouteflika increasingly absent from the political scene, talks of his succession and the future transitional period of the country pervades political discourse in Algeria. Uncertainty concerning presidential…
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The Netherlands is viewed throughout the world as one of the most liberal and tolerant countries of the modern era. However, what happens when a rise in immigration and increased popularity of xenophobic political parties throughout…
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