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Is Assad Syria’s Best Hope for a Lasting Peace?
The arresting images and videos of refugees fleeing to Europe have brought the Syrian Civil War back into the…
Children of the Arab Spring
Last week the image of a four year- old Syrian girl, holding her hands up in surrender to a reporter’s camera,…
Destroying the Memory of a people: ISIS’ Cultural…
The Mosul Public Library and Museum, home to statues and artefacts dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian…
Syria: Rising Factionalization of the Assad Camp –…
Syria will soon enter the fourth year of an internal conflict that has been raging since unrest began in March 2011…
Deal or No Nuclear Deal: How the Crisis with Iran Began…
When the staunchly conservative members of the United States government echo and applaud the fear-mongering…
Weekly Round-Up: One Last Look
This week, MIR online traveled from Algeria, to Russia, to Venezuela, and various places in between. We covered…
Bibi or Nothing!
Israel has voted. The result was surprising: Bibi will maintain his position as Prime Minister, even if every…
Bibi sinon rien!
Israël a voté. Le résultat a été surprenant: Bibi conserve son poste, alors que tout laissait penser le…
ISIS Superstar: The New Media Jihad
The infamous ISIS is currently one of the world’s greatest concerns. The Jihadist group and self-proclaimed…
IRSAM at the UN (Part 2 of 2): When We Shook Our Heads
Part 1 of this series outlined the areas of convergence that a group of students from McGill University were able…
Hungry for Power: Boko Haram’s Strategic Alliance…
The last update on the international terrorist radar? A supposed allegiance between two of the most powerful…
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.…