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With the liberal government’s victory in the last election, there have been high hopes for easier processes and more relaxed policies when it comes to migrant workers. Especially with the influx of people due to the Syrian refugee crisis,…
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In the summer of 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a historic and generous refugee policy allowing thousands of asylum seekers into Germany. It is a decision she continues to stand by strongly. However, Merkel cannot help but…
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Military coup, dictatorship, fragile democracy - Myanmar, also known as Burma, has experienced it all. Independence hero, General Aung San could have never predicted his newly independent country was to become one of the most detrimental…
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Hello readers, This blog is dedicated to the French presidential primaries of November 2016, which shall designate the Republican candidate for the presidential elections in April 2017. As it now allows the general public to vote, such an…
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The issue of refugees seeking asylum is unfortunately not a recent phenomenon to affect countries and their government leaders, but has long been present since violent conflicts and persecution have plagued the world. According to the…
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In this first episode of the engaging biweekly podcast series of the McGill International Review, Review's Radio 'on Demand', we explore the consequences of the Paris Climate Conference for the fossil fuel industry and the institutions…
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s recent diplomatic trip to Beijing at the end of August should put to rest Chinese fears of losing influence in Myanmar. Recent developments in the past year have seemingly signified that Myanmar was beginning to look at…
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100 years ago today, the world was at war. It started out innocuously enough, laughably even—the assassination of a leader whose name is forgotten to history. Yet that assassination changed the course of history, its fallout…
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A new place, new people, and a new life: these are the things that immigrants, migrant workers, and refugees yearn for. People decide to uproot their lives for a variety of reasons. Some move in search for economic wealth, others for…
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