Joint Action Plan? Kathryn Schmidt Mar 11, 2016 You have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land……
The Economic Consequences of Peace: Winners and Losers from Iranian Reintegration Abdalla Saleh Mar 10, 2016 The exchange of “commodities of mutual intelligence,” reads a 1561 letter from Queen Elizabeth I to…
Goodbye Al Jazeera America, Hello Nothingness Ryan Mernin Feb 26, 2016 Al Jazeera America, the ambitious U.S. branch of the state-funded Quatari news network, is closing down. Only three…
Human Rights and Human Empathy: A Review of the “Canada on the Global… Phoebe Warren Feb 19, 2016 Last week, McGill hosted the "Canada on the Global Stage" conference. Friday's programming consisted of two…
It’s Always Sunni in Saudi Arabia Anonymous Feb 13, 2016 Saudi Arabia's mass executions in January were, paradoxically, not a message to Iran as much as a warning to a…
Negotiating with the Schengen’s Gatekeeper: Turkey and the European Migrant Crisis Kathryn Schmidt Feb 8, 2016 Europe is experiencing a migrant crisis of tremendous magnitude, the largest it has experienced since the…
The Face of Drones Francesca Wallace Feb 5, 2016 From a Western point of view, the recent use of drones to supplace human soldiers fighting terrorist groups in…
Shifting Tides: Bombing in Istanbul Highlights Regional Struggle with Border… Conor Swimm Jan 23, 2016 For the second time in a matter of months a Turkish urban center has fallen prey to an attack at the hands of a…
No End in Sight: The Syrian Conflict in 2016 Abdalla Saleh Jan 16, 2016 Once magnificent cities now lying in ruins. Wailing mothers, holding lifeless infants to their chests. Ghastly …
For Caliphate and Country: Britain’s Imperial Legacy and the Air War in… Sarie Khalid Jan 15, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron cannot ignore the legacy of Britain's colonial history in the Arab world as he begins…