Gender-Based War Crimes: Its Gradual Evolution and Future
Written by: Yi Ning Nina Lu, University of Toronto The issue of gender-based war crimes has been one that the international community has increasingly shone a l...
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Power Dynamics as an Explanation for Compliance with International Law
Written by: Boitumelo Sediti, University of Cape Town Introduction Debates around the rationale behind a state’s compliance with international law have been poi...
The Stalemate of Taiwan’s Democratization
Written by: Abby Chu, University of Toronto In a dramatic break from decades of diplomatic protocol, on December 2, 2018, US President-elect Donald Trump accept...
Japanese Colonial Ideology in Korea (1905-1945)
Written by: Yi Wei, University of Toronto Japanese colonial ideology operated in Korea from the times of the Korean protectorate, in 1905, to the end of the Sec...
Private Military Security Companies Role in State Responsibility
Written by: Jordan Patel, University of Toronto It was argued in 2003, when the laws that regulated private military security companies (PMSCs) in Iraq were rat...
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Returning Home
Written by: Sara S. Al Aloul, American University of Beirut Abstract The impact of the Syrian crisis had not only spilled over into neighboring countries, but o...
From Culturalism to Nationalism: Reexamining the Role of the May Fourth Movement in the Development of Chinese Nationalism
Written by: Xuemeng Bai, University of Toronto The May Fourth movement, one of the most politically, socially and academically diverse periods in Chinese histor...
Palestinian Nationalism through Anderson’s Imagined Communities: An evolution of Imperialism, Nationalism and Colonialism
Introduction Both limited and sovereign, Benedict Anderson’s theory encompasses a wide range of nationalisms, using such concepts as print capitalism and offici...
A New Playbook For Canadian Foreign Relations
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland addresses the House of Commons on June 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Written by: Justin J. Lee, Trin...
The EU-Turkey deal: a new form of human trafficking?
Written by: Sireen Haddad and Shatha Sabra, University of Haifa We are both Palestinians, currently studying for an undergraduate degree in law at the Universit...