North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: An Enduring Foreign Policy Concern For Biden’s…
The United States has yet to adopt a foreign policy stance towards North Korea that has led to a lasting agreement…
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Women’s Hard-Won Rights Are Under Legislative Threat
Despite a few exceptions, 2021 to date has been a year of legislative backlash to women’s rights, repealing many of…
The Bangladesh Liberation War: A Forgotten Question of Genocide
The 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War has largely slipped out of public awareness, and the events which occurred still…
Weren’t you taught any better? Education and Antisemitism
There is truly no comparison between a COVID-19 lockdown and the rule of a fascist dictator. Nor is there a…
Biden and Bipartisanship: Is Political Compromise a Possibility?
Although surely needed given the current political polarization in the United States, Biden’s goal of…
A Delicate Balancing Act at the Heart of Central Asia
Kazakhstan’s position is a complicated one. The country’s ruling elites are attaching themselves to China’s rising…
2020 is Not 1968, But What Can We Learn from the Comparison?
Of course, 1968 is not 2020; but acknowledging the differences can help us understand where we are now and indeed…
Spotlight: Fanon, Collective Catharsis, and the Removal of Racist Monuments
This week on Spotlight, host Naomi Shi sits down with MIR Writer of the Week, Renée Lehman, to talk about her…
“Space Force”: What is it Good For?
In 2018, President Donald Trump announced the creation of Space Force, a new branch of the United States Armed…
The Magnitsky Act: The Anti-Corruption Tool the U.S. Needs, but Won’t…
A decade after Magnitsky’s passing and with no indication that corrupt behaviour is subsiding, this pattern is…