François Fillon: Another Le Pen? Another Trump? Hardly.
Last November the entire political scene was left absolutely stunned as the electorate made itself heard and revealed itself to be more welcoming of strident right-wing policies than polls had been showing beforehand. François Fillon came…
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Hallmarks of Genocide: The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
In Majority-Buddhist Myanmar, the Rohingya Muslim minority, comprising of roughly one-million people, reside mainly in the Rakhine State on the country’s west coast. Myanmar has a long history of the repression and persecution of the…
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Power to the Ignorant
Demos kratos - Greek for democracy, or rule by the people. Res publica - Latin for public affair, referring to a state that represents the people. The classical civilizations seemed optimistic enough in their structural experiments that…
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Spain’s Internal Struggle and its Quest for Leadership in the EU
Many of the political events that took place in the past year have called to question the future of the European Union. Indeed, its mandate, which calls to promote the political, social and economic harmony among nations, is being…
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David Farrell (University College Dublin) on Participatory Democracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daicTI66WHI&feature=youtu.be
MIR is pleased to present our first interview in a semester-long video series, Multiculturalism in the Age of Trump, in which we aim to analyze the concept of…
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Immigration after Brexit
With the British referendum decision to leave the European Union, the public has been concerned with the issue of migrant workers and new immigration policies. EU citizens are left to wonder whether Theresa May’s policies will be to deal…
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Kurdish Female Fighters: Leaders of a Revolution
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is known as the Kurdish separatist group who have had rigid tensions and conflicts with the Turkish government since its first armed struggle in 1984. One of the largest minority groups in Turkey, Kurds…
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2016 Recap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DZyA3s3nsA
Music License: "Be Be Your Love" by Rachel Yamagata
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Where Fact Trumps Fiction: In Defense of Journalism
Going through the comments section on news articles is not recommended, but if you insist on ruining your day, here is what you will find: a claim that liberals are all snowflakes (à la Tomi Lahren), a claim that Trump supporters are all…
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Demonetisation: Taking India to Uncharted Territories
Few fiscal policies result in overnight changes to an economy, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation program in 2016 was a policy intended to combat corruption and tax fraud that ended up jolting the economy’s output…
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