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Strength in Numbers: the Canadian Census and Stronger…
In 2010, the Conservative government scrapped the mandatory long-form census and replaced it with a voluntary…
Manon Massé
At Montréal's Grande Manifestation contre la haine et le racisme this past Sunday, MIR had a chance to speak with…
Slavery – Not an Institution of the Past
Currently, every country around the world has abolished slavery, though the final country to do so was Mauritania,…
Japan and Its Foreign Workers
Technology has allowed global citizens to travel easily from one place to another, and it is common to have foreign…
The New Face of Espionage : Intelligence Tactics for the…
A power cut hits an Eastern European capital, a government employee spends their day writing comments on social…
1917: Tales from the Trenches
The letters below were published in the Saint Croix Courier in October, November and December 1917. They…
Screening of The Box Depicts Refugee Life as a Child
This Tuesday, Boğaziçi University held a screening of the short animation The Box: A Syrian Story, which…
What in the World does Russia Want?
The end of the Cold War marked the end of Russia’s status as a global superpower. A politically and economically…
A Case for Japan’s Remilitarization
Following a landslide election victory at the end of October 2017, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to…
Welfare vs Warfare: How a Powerful Military Weakens…
In September 2017, Congress approved an $80 billion increase to the U.S military budget, ballooning total military…
Does the US have a human rights problem?
The United States is often seen as a world leader in negotiating international treaties and agreements, including…
Draft-Dodger to Commander-in-Chief: Donald Trump’s…
On May 18, Donald Trump delivered the commencement speech to the Coast Guard Academy class of 2017 in New London,…