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Sophie Bright

Canada's premier undergraduate journal of international affairs.
Infantino’s weaponization of FIFA as an instrument to amass power will have repercussions not just for fans of soccer, but for the game's role in global politics—no longer is it just a sport, but a ...
With white sand, azure waters, and palm groves lining the shore—a far cry from the waste-filled streets of Yangon or Mandalay—Ngapali beach is a favourite vacation spot of Senior General Min Aung ...
Pierre Poilievre, after years on the opposition benches, seemed destined to become the 24th prime minister of Canada. After nearly a decade of Liberal rule, the pendulum had begun to swing back to the ...
The Global Gag Rule was the first ideological limit on aid, but it would not be the last. It laid the groundwork for the normalization of arbitrary and partisan limitations on US aid, culminating ...
Standing firm against these provocations, Canada has refused to be intimidated. Rather than capitulating, Canadians have rallied behind their government’s strong response, including reciprocal tariffs ...
One in three children is out of school in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), leaving an estimated 30 million children between the ages of 5 and 18 without access to formal education. Access to ...
While Australia has taken this bold step in “[s]afeguarding the health and wellbeing” of Australia’s youth, as stated by the Bill’s outline, other Western democracies have struggled to enact similar ...
Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, an award-winning photojournalist and Pulitzer Center grantee, to discuss his work documenting health, conflict, and society in the ...
Situated on the African mainland and bordered by Morocco, Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s North African enclaves, have long been flashpoints in Spanish-Moroccan relations, driven by deep-rooted historical ...
Host Kai Samuel-Szablowski sits down with Prof. Vincent Rigby, former national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to discuss the threats posed by foreign interference ...
It’s no secret that the 2024 US presidential election has been full of unprecedented twists and turns. With Biden’s unexpected decision to withdraw from the race, and a showdown between a former ...