The McGill International Review

MIR Meets: Declan Walsh

Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with Declan Walsh, Chief Africa Correspondent for The New York Times, to discuss his frontline reporting on Sudan’s conflict and across Africa, as well as his unexpected expulsion from Pakistan. Walsh reflects on some of the lessons he’s learned throughout his career as a foreign correspondent, especially in politically sensitive environments.

MIR Meets: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with 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 Democratic Republic of Congo. They delve into his recent award-winning projects, his experiences on the ground, and his perspective on the current challenges facing the region.

MIR Meets: Vincent Rigby

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 in Canada.

MIR Meets: Ujjal Dosanjh

Host Kai Samuel-Szablowski sits down with Ujjal Dosanjh, a former premier of British Columbia and federal minister of health, to discuss the Khalistan movement in Canada, Trudeau's leadership, and the breakdown of Indo-Canadian relations.

MIR Meets: Francesca Albanese

Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, to discuss her findings in her most recent report “Genocide as Colonial Erasure” and her analysis, from an international law perspective, of the current Israel-Gaza war.

Review Radio: Canada in Afghanistan, NATO and International Security

Host Sabrina Nelson is joined by Stephen Saideman, a prominent political scientist currently holding the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at Carleton University, to examine Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan, and discuss Canada’s place and role in international security and NATO. 

MIR Meets: Clarissa Ward

Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with Clarissa Ward, award-winning journalist and Chief International Correspondent for CNN, to discuss her international reporting career across the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe, her views on journalism and some of the main lessons she has learnt from her career so far. 

MIR Meets: Bob Rae

Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with Bob Rae, ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations, to discuss Canada’s role in the UN and multilateralism, the future and challenges of international governance, his domestic and federal career and Canada’s foreign policy.

 

MIR Meets: Kelley Vlahos

Host Theo Shouse sits down with Kelley Vlahos, editorial director of Responsible Statecraft and former executive editor of The American Conservative, to discuss US foreign policy and the emergence of the restraint movement, which opposes military intervention.

US Election 2024: Evangelicals and Trump with Melissa Deckman

Host Alex Ritch sits down with political scientist Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, to discuss how religion, particularly evangelical Christianity, could affect the 2024 presidential election.