Goodbye Al Jazeera America, Hello Nothingness
Al Jazeera America, the ambitious U.S. branch of the state-funded Quatari news network, is closing down. Only three…
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Human Rights and Human Empathy: A Review of the “Canada on the Global…
Last week, McGill hosted the "Canada on the Global Stage" conference. Friday's programming consisted of two…
It’s Always Sunni in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's mass executions in January were, paradoxically, not a message to Iran as much as a warning to a…
Negotiating with the Schengen’s Gatekeeper: Turkey and the European Migrant Crisis
Europe is experiencing a migrant crisis of tremendous magnitude, the largest it has experienced since the…
The Face of Drones
From a Western point of view, the recent use of drones to supplace human soldiers fighting terrorist groups in…
Shifting Tides: Bombing in Istanbul Highlights Regional Struggle with Border…
For the second time in a matter of months a Turkish urban center has fallen prey to an attack at the hands of a…
No End in Sight: The Syrian Conflict in 2016
Once magnificent cities now lying in ruins. Wailing mothers, holding lifeless infants to their chests. Ghastly …
For Caliphate and Country: Britain’s Imperial Legacy and the Air War in…
Prime Minister David Cameron cannot ignore the legacy of Britain's colonial history in the Arab world as he begins…
A Weakened Saudi Arabia and Its Rift With Iran
After a rapid, and unfortunate, series of events that took place in the Middle East during the first weekend in…
How ISIS Terror Has Reshaped World Politics
The mass slaughter in Paris, the lock down in Brussels, the anti-Arab paranoia on the European far right, the…