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Leo Forder

Leo Forder is a recent graduate from McGill University, where he majored in Political Science and minored in both History and Management. Leo’s research interests include international security, arms trade, the defense sector, and armed conflicts. Leo plans to pursue a Masters degree in Security and Strategic Studies in order to work in either diplomacy or political risk analysis.

Understanding Russia’s Geopolitical Motivations

Leo Forder Mar 12, 2015

What has happened to Russian foreign policy? As this question resonates throughout the West, the Kremlin has been supporting a conflict in Ukraine, has defacto annexed Crimea, has sent submarines into Swedish waters, and has recently flown…
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In Yemen, Sectarianism Trumps Nationalism

Leo Forder Feb 11, 2015

For Yemen, which is 40% Shia and 60% Sunni, there seems to be no end in sight for conflict and political strife. Modern Yemen was formed in 1990 with the unification of tribal North Yemen and Communist South Yemen. Since then, the…
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What the United States could learn from the French intervention in Mali

Leo Forder Nov 10, 2014

In 2012 a Tuareg organization, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) unilaterally declared the independence of Azawad, a territory in the North of Mali, which allowed fundamentalist groups, in a not-so-new turn of…
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