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Graeme Murray

Graeme is a U3 student currently pursuing a degree in Political Science, with a minor in History. He specializes in North American and European politics.

Canada’s Unique Private Sponsorship Program for Refugees: 40 Years Later

Graeme Murray Mar 20, 2019

The past 40 years have seen other refugee crises come and go in many other countries, but the way in which Canada went about providing aid in 1979 stood out as unique and innovative. The way Canada handled the Southeast Asian refugee crisis…
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The End of an Era: Peace with the Taliban?

Graeme Murray Feb 12, 2019

The tentative agreement between the Taliban and the United States shows that the neoconservative currents which guided American foreign policy such a short time ago have all but vanished, and for that reason the prospective end of the…
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A Look Back at the Lasting Impact of George H. W. Bush’s Invasion of Panama

Graeme Murray Jan 5, 2019

President George H. W. Bush passed away in November at the age of 94. While his time as president was a short 4-year term in the early 1990s, his foreign policy legacy maintained its relevance for years afterward.
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The Death of Birthright Citizenship?

Graeme Murray Nov 18, 2018

Republicans depend on fear about immigration to be at its height, and Trump has decided to spur anti-immigrant attitudes by pointing out yet another new way in which immigrants are supposedly taking advantage of and ruining "their" country.…
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USMCA Or Not, Canada’s Presence in Global Trade is Growing

Graeme Murray Oct 9, 2018

On September 30th, an agreement in principle on trade between Canada, the United States, and Mexico was reached, effectively ending the year-long uncertainty surrounding Canada's trade future with the U.S.. However, reaching a deal did not…
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