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What is France Coming To?
In just a couple of months, several civil servants, be it policemen or teachers, have been violently assaulted in…
Germany Under the Gun: The Far Right’s Threat to…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has widely received praise among observers in other parts of Europe and North…
Orban: The New Preacher of Illiberal Democracy in…
Anyone following Central European politics over the last decade has witnessed the success of populist parties and…
Review’s Radio: Exploring the Possibilities of a…
In this second episode of the engaging biweekly podcast series of the McGill International Review, Review's…
Abortion Law and the Will of the People in Poland
It would be hard to find a topic around the world as controversial and contentious as the topic of abortion. For…
The Norwegian Wealth Fund’s Political Unity is…
The five million people of Norway are currently sitting on a great pile of cash thanks to their sovereign wealth…
Democracy Is Not For Sale: The TTIP and European Protest…
Launched in 2013, the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the…
French 2017 Elections: Terrorism, Prisons and Justice
At last, a consensus! Apparently, the republican candidates for the French primaries agree on one thing: the vital…
Change is Necessary: Selection of the UN…
As we ring in the new year on the first day of 2017, a new Secretary-General of the United Nations will take over…
J. F. Poisson: The Outsider Republican
The first TV debate of the 2017 French primaries took place this Wednesday, and it did two things: it maintained…
2016 French Education Reform: An Ideological Rewriting…
*French-to-English translations by the author*
The start of the school year would not be a French one…
Towards an Alternative European Government?
By any measure, the European Union is currently in something of a crisis, if not an outright mess – many of its…