SSUNS 2016 Interview Series: African Union Chair Iman Lahouahoula
Iman Lahouahoula was the Chief of Staff at SSUNS last year, and she has returned this year to chair the African Union committee.
Clementine: What do you think makes your committee unique this year?
Iman: I think because of the fact…
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SSUNS 2016 Conferences: Commission on the Status of Women
With this year’s theme of education, it has been extremely refreshing to see that the delegates are taking a great amount of pride in educating themselves on world issues, taking advantage of the many different backgrounds and viewpoints…
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SSUNS 2016 Interview Series: Deputy PR Gelila Bedada
Avalon Hebert: Thank you so much for sitting down with me today! To start off, I’d love for you to give me an idea of your day today. It’s now the second day of the SSUNS conference. Can you give me an overview of your day?
Gelila…
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44 States, 86 Houses, 5923 Legislators, And Almost Zero Attention: This November’s U.S…
Those political junkies like me anxious to see if America is marginally closer to a Trumpocalypse might find themselves hastily clicking "Refresh“ on the FiveThirtyEight election model, or the New York Times’. Those of us curious to see…
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Where Are You From?
Canada takes pride in its multicultural population. In 2011, the National Household Survey found that there are more than 200 ethnic origins in the country. Not only that, but 19.1% of the population identified themselves as a member of a…
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Italy’s Veto Threat and the Refugee Crisis
The Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is currently threatening to veto the European Union budget if other EU member states do not accept refugees fleeing from various unstable North African nations. The high influx of migrants has placed…
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Review’s Radio: The Economic Roots of Hungary’s Illiberal Democracy and the Future of the EU
Professor Juliet Johnson, McGill Director of the European Union Center of Excellence, executive member of PONARS Eurasia and a former member of the McGill Board of Governors talks about her intriguing new paper on Hungary that gives…
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Trump v. United States (2017): An Assault on Democracy
Last February, I authored a piece describing how anti-establishment rhetoric in the 2016 election primaries would not drastically alter American political parties in the long term. Due to extreme political polarization across the American…
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In the Shadows of Mosul
On October 17th, Iraqi forces led the advance on Mosul to recapture the city that had fallen to the self-proclaimed Islamic State in June 2014. Emboldened by their capture of Fallujah and further territory in Syria, 800 militants of the…
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Self-Hate
We do not vote willingly anymore. Rather, we try and block a specific candidate by voting for his opponent. In France, voters who fear a spectre of Hollande will vote for Sarkozy, while those who fear a rapprochement between…
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