Labour Focus: Iran Sam Hersh Nov 8, 2015 For this post, WOTW will be looking at a phenomenon in the Middle East: growing labour activism in Iran. When…
Payam Akhavan on BBC Hard Talk D'Arcy White Nov 4, 2015 As far as McGill professors go, Professor of Law, Payam Akhavan is a pretty inspiring one. Mr. Ahkavan is a former…
How ISIS and Sunni Rage Remade the Middle East Sarie Khalid Oct 28, 2015 The Bush White House’s decision to invade Iraq, overthrow Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist dictatorship and…
Hajj Tragedy Highlights New Horizons for Iranian-Saudi Relations Conor Swimm Oct 9, 2015 In the wake of the tragic stampede that occurred on Sept. 24th during Hajj, an annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca,…
Syria: Rising Factionalization of the Assad Camp – by Konstantin Born Lloyd Pinnell Mar 26, 2015 Syria will soon enter the fourth year of an internal conflict that has been raging since unrest began in March 2011…
Deal or No Nuclear Deal: How the Crisis with Iran Began and Why the End is Now in… Max Blaisdell Mar 24, 2015 When the staunchly conservative members of the United States government echo and applaud the fear-mongering…
IRSAM at the UN (Part 2 of 2): When We Shook Our Heads Margot Charles Mar 19, 2015 Part 1 of this series outlined the areas of convergence that a group of students from McGill University were able…
Weekly Roundup: Problem Solved? Katrina Kairys Mar 3, 2015 With today’s news reaching from Xinjiang to Iran, there was no doubt that the MIR Online writers would take us…
Perdu en Translation Iris Boisseau Mar 1, 2015 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 Iris Boisseau Mar 1, 2015 Who isn’t familiar with JFK’s famous words “Ich Bin Ein Berliner”? Would you believe me If I told you the correct…