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As January comes to a close and the bitterness of Montreal's winter seems to recede, MIR continues to publish. This week: Serbia finally officially began negotiations to join the European Union. Progress, right? According to…
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Fully established in 2001 and reinforced and expanded under Barrack Obama's presidency, the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance network was discovered to have gathered significant amounts of information on U.S. persons, allies…
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When it comes to the naïve-cynic political spectrum, I really try to sit right in the middle. No really, I do. I mean, yeah, there is a constant stream of power-hungry parasites that try to attack our democratic system daily, but if we…
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On January 21st 2014, the European Union began formal negotiations with Serbia regarding the Balkan country’s possible ascension to the EU. Since February of 2012, Serbia has been a formal candidate for EU status, but it has taken an…
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One more week at the McGill International Review, with some very good articles. Has Canadian foreign policy lost its way since Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis? Nicholas D'Ascanio thinks so. Read more about it here. Part two of two.…
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It's hard to get a handle on MP Scott Reid. Mercurial? Thinking man? Old school Parliamentarian? Perhaps he embodies all these qualities at once. Among his many responsibilities, Reid has made a habit out of putting his constituents first.…
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Although international, regional, and domestic actors have spearheaded a large role in the pursuit of legitimate human rights enforcement, the world still lacks a universally applicable enforcement mechanism that protects human rights.…
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Only twenty years into its foreign policy independence, Canada’s top diplomat had ended what could have been an explosive crisis. Lester B. Pearson, by catalysing the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force, helped to ensure the…
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Another week, another news cycle, and more great analysis and opinion from MIR. Justice is not always clear as we'd like it to be, especially when it comes to human rights abuses and transitions to democracy. Under a religious…
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