MIR – Page 314 – Canada's premier undergraduate journal of international affairs

China and Japan in Anarchy: A Neorealist and Constructivist Explanation of the Kurihara Island…

Segolene Lapeyre Nov 30, 2013

On September 11th, 2012, China issued a statement explaining its claim to sovereignty over a group of islands in the East China Sea, despite the fact that the Japanese government had announced its intention to purchase the islands from…
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Between the Bear and a New Rome: Ukraine’s Geopolitical Choice

Margot Charles Nov 27, 2013

On November 21st, the Ukrainian government announced it was halting negotiations over a free trade and economic development agreement with the European Union (EU). This was justified as necessary in the hopes of reestablishing normal…
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Toward an Understanding of True Equality

Sarah Firestone Nov 26, 2013

Despite Nietzsche’s famous declaration that “God is dead,” religion is occupying a large place in today’s international public discourse. This is evident here in Canada by the discussions and debate surrounded the Quebec Charter of…
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Syria and Broader Trends in International Diplomacy: Part 2, Russia

Aidan Zizys Nov 23, 2013

The Obama administration's drastic shift in US foreign policy in a post-Iraq War world order has already been evidenced by its handling of the Syrian Civil War. Although it took time, the United States is beginning to recognize that…
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Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 6: Frontier Areas of the Arab Spring: Iran, Israel,…

Benedikt van den Woldenberg Nov 20, 2013

While the Arab Spring rocked much of the Arab world, upending the regional political order, states in the periphery of the region also saw some effects. All of the states covered in this article are at most marginally part of the Arab…
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Slipping Through the Cracks of Government

Amanda Bruce Nov 18, 2013

In the wake of another Remembrance Day, the government’s disregard of Veteran Affairs could not be more glaringly obvious. The Conservatives have made some half-hearted bids in recent years to try to make reparations, but these have…
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The Ford Paradox: The Personality Deficit, the Ethical Barometer, and a Divided Society

Tshweu Moleme Nov 15, 2013

Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, has been accused of throwing sand in the eyes of Canadian citizenry, particularly those of the Greater Toronto Area. But what does the Ford kerfuffle really tell us about the political climate we are now…
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Zion on Ice: What is the Jewish Autonomous Oblast?

Nicholas D'Ascanio Nov 14, 2013

If asked to name the languages of northeast Asia, Yiddish probably wouldn’t be the first to come to mind. Yet in the Russian Far East, much closer to Beijing or Pyongyang than Moscow or Jerusalem, the miniscule Yiddish community of the…
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Gogol Bordello, “Immigraniada”

Alex Langer Nov 13, 2013

This song and music video is fantastic, and jives with a lot of what I think about immigration and refugees. Forget about taxpayers for a minute, forget about bringing in temporary, exploited workers to meet "Canada's economic needs". What…
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Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 5: Relative Calm in (formerly) War-Ridden Countries:…

Benedikt van den Woldenberg Nov 12, 2013

While several Arab republics have witnessed regime transitions, there are some other republics that have experienced only very limited unrest. The republics that faced little or no major unrest during the Arab Spring are Algeria, Iraq,…
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