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Alison Lee

Alison is in her first year at McGill pursuing a degree in Political Science. Her areas of interest include US politics, international relations, and social justice.

Failing to Protect Our Protectors: The US Military’s Sexual Violence Problem

Alison Lee Mar 8, 2021

The complete lack of transparency in military courts has coalesced with a toxic misogynistic work culture and a history of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” entrenching this problem within the ranks of the world’s most powerful military. At the root…
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Confronting Anti-Blackness within the Asian Community

Alison Lee Jan 21, 2021

As the success of Asian-Americans became the gold standard for white politicians who wished to deny the demands of African-Americans, the tide of anti-Asian immigration and racism retreated.
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How the Far-Right Captured the Young Vote in Poland

Alison Lee Dec 8, 2020

While the liberal economic policy and conservative ideological push of the PiS would not intuitively mesh for policymakers, what links them is a set of authoritarian tendencies that threaten democracy in Poland. For much of its existence,…
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The Degradation of Separate Powers

Alison Lee Nov 1, 2020

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is not only a threat to the progressive policies and values many Americans wish to uphold, but it is also indicative of a degradation of the separation of governmental powers…
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