Burundi: the Other Refugee Crisis Arabella Colombier Feb 26, 2016 Tensions arose in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third term in…
Freedom to Move in the Face of Danger Keiko Ivinson Feb 11, 2016 Today I felt like packing my bags and taking a vacation from this cold winter weather and the obscene stack of…
Negotiating with the Schengen’s Gatekeeper: Turkey and the European Migrant Crisis Kathryn Schmidt Feb 8, 2016 Europe is experiencing a migrant crisis of tremendous magnitude, the largest it has experienced since the…
The Clash of “Isms” – When Racism Wins Alix Vadot Jan 22, 2016 It was in the late 2000s that sexual violence became a core focus of the media in Europe. In her article on “Sexual…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP Kathryn Schmidt Nov 25, 2015 The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
The Battle for Germany’s Soul Stephen Friedrich Nov 11, 2015 It is a scene that has become depressingly familiar. Between twenty to thirty masked attackers, armed with baseball…
At the Root of the European Refugee Crisis: An issue of European Identity? Madeleine Nicoloff Nov 9, 2015 Decrepit conditions, fences being raised, police taking up batons- the reaction of certain European countries…
The Tragedy of Colonial Borders Alexei Simakov Nov 4, 2015 Four years into the crisis, the international community continues to struggle in forming a coherent response to…
Video: The Refugee’s Struggle D'Arcy White Oct 27, 2015 This week is a busy one but I wanted to share this link from the Syrian refugee crisis event that I wrote about…
Explaining the Refugee Crisis: The Failure and Triumph of Collective Memory D'Arcy White Oct 19, 2015 Last Friday evening, a collaboration of groups lead by the McGill Syrian Students Association put on an event…