Quand le rêve européen se heurte au Kremlin
En Ukraine et face à l'Union européenne, Poutine cherche à imposer sa vision du monde.
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Democrats, Revisited: The Rust Belt, the Working Class, and John Fetterman
Why has the predominantly rural, mid-Atlantic state of Pennsylvania recently captured the attention of the Democratic Party establishment and become one of the harshest battleground states? And why has a 6’8” former linebacker become one of…
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War and the World Wide Web: The Rise of The Splinternet
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has shown that, with worldwide coordination, a country can effectively be blocked from the internet. Russia has also demonstrated their ability to successfully run a state-isolated internet. A…
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MIR Meets: Alyssa Rosenberg
Host Andrew Xu sits down with Alyssa Rosenberg, a columnist for The Washington Post. They discuss the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, the ephemerality of political performance, and Scarlet Witch's arc in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of…
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MIR Meets: Greg Sargent
Host Andrew Xu sits down with Greg Sargent, a columnist for The Washington Post. They discuss the state of the U.S. economy, the New Right, popularism, and the extent to which we can disentangle the cause and effect of either party's…
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The Aftermath: China’s Dynamic Zero COVID Strategy
Host Andrew Xu sits down once again with Vivian Wang, a China correspondent for The New York Times. They discuss the draconian pandemic restrictions China has instilled in Shanghai and Beijing, as well as the propaganda campaign that's…
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Europe’s Selective Humanity
However, on seeing the European Union’s willingness to provide this help to Ukrainian refugees – on an extremely short notice no less – one cannot help but raise the question of why the same has been missing for the scores of refugees…
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The King of Queen’s Park
What Bill 5 has shown is that there are easily exploitable gaps in our Constitution that enable leaders to act without the level of accountability we have come to expect from democratic institutions. When a Premier can sign pernicious…
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From British Myth to Canadian White Saviorism
The term ‘Black Loyalists,’ is a calculated label that falsely implies a positive association with the interests of White Loyalists, ignoring the independent motives and experiences of the Black Loyalists during the Revolutionary War.
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Russia-Ukraine War: The Realist Perspective
Many see the war in Ukraine as an indication of the West’s failure to deter Russian aggression. By expanding NATO eastward and building friendly relations with Ukraine, Western powers seem to have only increased the Kremlin’s discontent and…
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