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…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road D'Arcy White Mar 12, 2015 Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
Gulf States: Sportsmanship for Sale Sara Issaoun Feb 16, 2015 With the recently concluded 2015 Men's Handball World Championship in Qatar came a sigh of relief as France…
Qatar’s Niche Foreign Policy Max Blaisdell Nov 19, 2014 Throughout history, the normative concept of states evolved and in the modern era statehood is granted through …
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 4: Monarchical Persistance and… Benedikt van den Woldenberg Oct 31, 2013 So far, it seems that republics in the Middle East were far more affected by uprisings than their monarchical…
Wrapping Up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 3: Repression and Civil War Benedikt van den Woldenberg Oct 22, 2013 The civil war in Syria highlights the more vicious and destabilizing aspects of the Arab Spring. In Tunisia,…
King Abdullah’s Reforms: Concession, Innovation, or Deception? Segolene Lapeyre Oct 21, 2013 With an international push to "modernize”, and domestic pressure for more moderation, King Abdullah is…