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

“Anemoia” is nostalgia for a time you’ve never known. While often used to describe the odd feeling you get when you look at old pictures, nationalist parties have manipulated the sentiment to encourage devotion towards old empires and…
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The divided response in the court's ruling has magnified the rifts and cracks of a transitional justice system designed to straddle the uncomfortable middle between accountability and reconciliation. It is no panacea, but for a country…
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Increased tensions with Western countries and recent revelations about the persecution of China’s Uyghur population have polarized opinions about Beijing hosting the world’s foremost sporting event. Amid growing calls for an Olympic…
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In 2018, 31 per cent of all murders in Canada were by firearms, versus 18.2 per cent in Australia and 10 per cent in the UK. The meteoric rise in popularity of the handgun as a weapon of choice among murderers in Canada continues to be a…
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Women are judged by employers and society based on standards of femininity and domesticity that they internalize from a young age, a fact which inevitably hinders their chances at fair wages during the recruitment process.
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The pressure to impose sanctions upon the crown prince is at odds with the two countries' vital bilateral partnership. Severe sanctions could breach the relationship between the two countries, meaning the Biden administration may have to…
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Nearing two decades of involvement in Afghanistan, the American government is increasingly deliberating over what course of action to take in regards to the US-Taliban peace deal signed in February 2020. With the May 1, 2021 deadline fast…
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Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is inexplicably pursuing destructive urban design principles that fail to tackle the root causes of congestion
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COVID-19 has catalyzed migration out of cities, though the trend seems to have been building for decades. For better or worse, Canadian culture, lifestyle, and wellbeing are being reinvented by growing suburban sprawl.
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While incumbent President Yoweri Museveni's team was preparing for his record, yet controversial, 5th win, opposition members feared for their lives as security forces persecuted anyone threatening to oppose this re-election
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