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IRSAM at the UN (Part 1 of 2): When We Nodded Along
In the context of the UN Commission on the Status of Women '59, a group of students from McGill University had…
Understanding Russia’s Geopolitical Motivations
What has happened to Russian foreign policy? As this question resonates throughout the West, the Kremlin has been…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
2015: Redefining our Understanding of Free Speech
With the recent Charlie Hebdo attacks, freedom of speech has become a crucial talking point in the international…
New Turkish bill sets the stage to Police State?
It is rare to witness politicians, who are usually collected and eloquent, to fistfight one another over political…
Should They Stay or Should They Go: Greece and the…
With the recent election of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the radical left coalition, Syriza, speculation…
Video Games and National Economies: The Valve Solution
Last month, the Coalition of the Radical Left (also known as SYRIZA), a left-wing party, swept the Greek…
Old Lady France
As French comedian Jamel Debbouze portrays it, France is not a blatantly racist country, but rather a “scared…
Politics of Anti-Austerity in Greece and Europe
“The new minister of finance declared that the country will no longer negotiate with the troika of the European…
Will Merkel yield to Tsipras’s demands?
On January 25, 2015, Alexis Tsipras lead the left-wing Syriza party to a sweeping victory in Greece’s general…
Ne pleures pas, Charlie
- Papa, pourquoi la France a-t-elle subi un choc aujourd’hui ?
- Mon garçon, sais-tu ce qu’est un acte…
Don’t cry, Charlie
- Dad, why has France been shattered today?
- Son, do you know what terrorism is?
- No, not really.
-…