Reconciling the Act of Love and the Commandment of Love
This past week, I had the pleasure of being one of the representatives of IRSAM to the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The priority theme of the…
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Weekly Roundup: March 14
March is in full swing and exams are coming. This roundup has a full two weeks of incisive and intriguing writing from the McGill International Review. Check it out!
While Thailand's ongoing political crisis seems to be de-escalating,…
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The Ethical Dilemma of Property and Aid
David Miller, an academic who graduated with a PhD from the University of Oxford, critiques the view that global justice should be viewed as global equality. In his article Against Global Egalitarianism, to prove that global equality…
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MIR Interview: Kapil Kapoor
Kapil Kapoor is the Director of Strategy at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Prior to joining the AfDB, he was the World Bank representative for Uganda and Zambia. He agreed to sit down with the McGill International Review for an…
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Fair Elections Act: Cue Mayrand
Thud. Marc Mayrand’s translation earpiece slipped off his ear and fell to the table as he was holding up a voter information card. Midway through explaining why we should keep them, the Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada, briefly…
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Beware the “Labor of Love” Organization (Part 1)
Teaching English or French abroad, particularly in the Middle East's more impoverished or marginalized areas, has increasingly become a "status-quo" summer internship for many students. Students and young professionals are drawn into…
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Rio’s Men in Black
“Loyalty, fearlessness, integrity!” chant the men of Rio de Janeiro’s Elite Squad in their dub step-laden promotional YouTube video. The Special Operations Battalion (BOPE in Portuguese) has been at the frontline of Rio de Janeiro’s…
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To Coup or Not to Coup? Thailand in Transition
Over the past three months, political turmoil in Thailand has created a major political crisis. The crisis has been triggered by a conflict between two major political factions. The first is the Democrat Party, whose supporters consist…
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Weekly Roundup: February 28
February is over, but the McGill International Review is still running strong.
A fascinating interview with Oscar-nominated director Sara Ishaq, on the making of her film "Karama Has No Walls," life, and revolution in Yemen.
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“We are on the right side of history”
Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. Whether left, right; socialist, capitalist; Democrat, Republican; liberal or conservative; that is a different story. However, having an opinion is a right. I have a political inclination; yet, I am…
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