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The Security-Development Nexus: The Prison of Old Concepts (part 2/3)

Emily Robinson explains intervening states and organizations such as NATO or the UN have to strike a balance during interventions in the global South.
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Recap: Montreal Roundtable of the Rise of ISIS

Points from Atlantic Council of Canada (ACC) roundtable on the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Extending Iran’s Nuclear Negotiations and the Challenges Ahead

In his latest article, Malcolm McEachern discusses the recent extension of nuclear talks and examines the likely challenges to be faced ahead.

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Wall Street, Your New Next Door Neighbour

The 2008 United States housing crisis was attributed to predatory mortgage lending and poor financial regulation. The areas of the country hit the hardest by the crisis have witnessed strong growth in the past year despite high jobless rates and few new mortgages being issued by lenders. According to the Case-Shiller home-price indices, in the Read More…
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Second Joint Declaration: The Path Toward Unity

In her latest article, Rija Rasul discusses the second joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, signalling their shared concern for the fate of Christians in the Middle East and the responsibility of Muslim leaders to denounce acts of terror in the name of Islam.

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Misogyny Kills: Remember the Montreal Massacre

The École Polytechnique massacre was a horrific crime. It was also the brutal, explicit assertion of an ideology that is usually hidden. Marc Lépine said he was “fighting feminism.” He said he wanted to stop women from “seizing [the advantages] accorded to men.” He said they had ruined his life. Fast-forward 25 years after December 6, 1989. This Read More…