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Weekly Roundup: February 7
The beginning of a new month, and international politics never stop moving. MIR, as always, is on top of it.…
South Africa’s Complex Youth
As some conventions might suggest, political parties and the state have, for quite some time, considered…
Three Brothers: The Pakistan-Afghanistan-India Rivalry
Pakistani-Afghan relations are a “complex and complicated nexus” that have produced seemingly self-defeating…
Weekly Roundup: January 31
As January comes to a close and the bitterness of Montreal's winter seems to recede, MIR continues to publish. This…
The NSA and the Future of Espionage
Fully established in 2001 and reinforced and expanded under Barrack Obama's presidency, the National Security…
“By the time we can join, the EU won’t even…
On January 21st 2014, the European Union began formal negotiations with Serbia regarding the Balkan country’s…
The Curious Case of Scott Reid
It's hard to get a handle on MP Scott Reid. Mercurial? Thinking man? Old school Parliamentarian? Perhaps he…
Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis: Lessons in Canadian…
Only twenty years into its foreign policy independence, Canada’s top diplomat had ended what could have been an…
Procedure as Handcuffs, Procedure as Wings
This week, MIR and Loon Calls introduces a new columnist. Nadir Khan is a Canadian politics junkie and former…
Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis: Lessons in Canadian…
To date, only one Canadian has ever received the Nobel Peace Prize. Lester B. Pearson, Secretary of State for…
Canada 2014-2015: Election Fever
So here we are, upon a new year, 2014, with the arrival of a revived game politic in Canada. In Toronto, Mayor Ford…
Neo-Nationalism in the Far East: A Cause for Concern?
Neo-nationalism seeks to define new ways to advocate and preserve a national ethos. Unfortunately, in some…