Free Palestine Persists Past Ceasefire
On May 15, 2021, Palestinians worldwide took to the streets to commemorate the infamous Nakba of 1948, during which 750,000 Palestinians were forced to leave their homes to form the State of Israel. The protests erupted following Israel’s…
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Computers and Crops: The Agricultural Aspirations of Big Tech
Humans have been farming for millennia. Indeed, the process of food growth allowed us to build civilizations, develop ourselves, and dominate the planet. What does Big Tech have to offer this ancient field?
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Turkey’s reckless development projects and nepotistic state capitalism
Due to Turkey's recently-turbulent economic history and the increased stress of the Syrian refugee crisis, compounded with a large amount of inflation, the leading AKP (Justice and Development) government has been scrambling to maintain an…
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Rights for Rivers
Rights of Nature cases are sprouting up in jurisprudence around the world. Though the practical implications of giving nature legal personhood are still unknown, the potential benefits are well worth considering.
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Cruel, Unusual, and Costly: The Death Penalty’s Got To Go
The death penalty has withstood shifting international human rights norms and evolving public opinions at the domestic level and remains a fixture of the American judicial system. But whether moral or practical, the reasons to end capital…
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Ugly and Ignored: Toronto’s Homelessness Crisis
The McGill International Review is thrilled to present this article by Queen's University student Claire Parsons as a part of our collaborative exchange with the Queen's Observer.
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A City for Egypt’s Future, or Al-Sisi’s?
Six years ago, the Egyptian government announced they would construct a New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the desert east of Cairo. This development would be a key part of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s “Egypt Vision 2030”, the…
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Linguistic Decolonization? Exploring Kazakhstan’s Switch from the Cyrillic to Latin Alphabet
Kazakhstan, along with several other countries in the region, will continue to engage in a political tango with Russia, preserving their national interests, while simultaneously placating Putin to avoid any further geopolitical tension.
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Can Andrew Yang Become the Next Mayor of New York City?
A little over two months out from the New York City mayoral primary, previous presidential hopeful Andrew Yang is making a serious case to become the mayor of the city.
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Globalization’s Achilles Heels: the Precarious Links of Global Commerce and What it Means for Canada
As the world becomes even more interconnected, and as melting sea ice sadly opens more and more of the Arctic to shipping, global demand for alternative shipping routes will only grow stronger. The Ever Given fiasco gives pause to examine…
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