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ISIS Superstar: The New Media Jihad
The infamous ISIS is currently one of the world’s greatest concerns. The Jihadist group and self-proclaimed…
IRSAM at the UN (Part 2 of 2): When We Shook Our Heads
Part 1 of this series outlined the areas of convergence that a group of students from McGill University were able…
Hungry for Power: Boko Haram’s Strategic Alliance…
The last update on the international terrorist radar? A supposed allegiance between two of the most powerful…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
2015: Redefining our Understanding of Free Speech
With the recent Charlie Hebdo attacks, freedom of speech has become a crucial talking point in the international…
New Turkish bill sets the stage to Police State?
It is rare to witness politicians, who are usually collected and eloquent, to fistfight one another over political…
Perdu en Translation
Qui ne connaît pas la fameuse formule de JFK « ich bin ein berliner » ? Me croiriez-vous si je vous disais que sa…
Lost in Translation
Who isn’t familiar with JFK’s famous words “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”? Would you believe me If I told you the correct…
Deal or No Nuclear Deal: How the Crisis with Iran began…
The history of scandals, virulent denunciations and accusations, and near warfare between the United States and the…
Gulf States: Sportsmanship for Sale
With the recently concluded 2015 Men's Handball World Championship in Qatar came a sigh of relief as France…
“We continue to bleed red, blue, and orange:” The costs…
Though Polish Jewish lawyer and drafter of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of…
In Yemen, Sectarianism Trumps Nationalism
For Yemen, which is 40% Shia and 60% Sunni, there seems to be no end in sight for conflict and political…