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Politics

The Decade in Politics

December 15, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From predicting civil war in the US to evaluating the health of our own democracy, these are the politics conversations that helped define Canada

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Dirty Money

When the Cost of Doing Business Means Funding Terror Groups

September 4, 2019January 10, 2020 - by Dorothée Myriam Kellou

In 2018, one of France’s biggest companies was accused of complicity in crimes against humanity. Did it finance terrorist groups in Syria?

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Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta
Current Affairs

Defeating Terrorism With Normalcy

October 3, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Omar Mouallem

The weekend’s attack in Edmonton was horrible, but the city is ready to carry on

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Photograph by William Warby
Books

What I Learned From Talking to Failed Suicide Bombers

September 27, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Payam Akhavan

Stopping violent extremism means confronting the West’s role as an ISIS spectator

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Photograph courtesy of OP Impact/DND
World

Middle Eastern Promises

November 18, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Alexander Tesar

What happens if France or another NATO country invokes Article 5?

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Still image from an Islamic State recruiting video
World

Bombing ISIS Will Not Work

November 17, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Patrick Graham

The hard question of what to do in the wake of weekend attacks on France and Lebanon

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Photograph by Moises Saman
Feature / June 2015

Why Are We Bombing ISIS? Our Government Has No Idea

June 25, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Patrick Graham

There is little evidence the Canadian government’s analysis has gone much beyond patriotism and propaganda

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Photograph of Collin Gordon from Facebook
First Person

My Friend the Terrorist

May 14, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Coleman Molnar

A university teammate turns radicalized ISIS fighter

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Photograph by Genesee Keevil
World

Creating a New Country (But Not the One ISIS Wants)

May 7, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Genesee Keevil

In Iraq’s north, the campaign against militant jihadists has breathed new life into Kurdish nationalism

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Miscellany illustration by Kellen Hatanaka
March 2015 / World

Brand ISIS

February 16, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Naheed Mustafa

The sophisticated marketing machine of the Islamic State

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Our Latest Issue

Cover of the Mar/Apr issue of The Walrus magazine. Mar/Apr 2021

Double issue: declaring your data at the border, the Group of Seven 100 years later, Indigenous-led camp in Edmonton, death in the age of Facebook, and quitting America for good.

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