Godzilla and Japanese Militarization
Cinema throughout the 20th, and now 21st century has served as a coping measure for the traumas that society is unable to reconcile for themselves. The Godzilla franchise in Japan …
War and Militarized Conflict
WTF: war, terrorism and fear
It’s all senseless isn’t it? Or maybe it just doesn’t make any sense. Is that the same? Ah, I don’t really care. But people have been killed, rather than died. …
Horses to the slaughter : the frontless war
A tragic lesson was learned when the mounted soldiers and their horses rode into the war-torn front, with the barbed-wire trenches and the clouds of poisonous gas that The Great …
Syria:“Looking Back. Moving Forward.” A panel discussion
Last Thursday, October 8, the Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC), the World University Services Canada (WUSC), and the Student Association for International Development (SAID) hosted a panel to discuss the …
A Glimpse at the Mali Conflict
The current conflict in Mali has far reaching ramifications that can be traced back several centuries. To attempt to explain all causes in a detailed manner is a highly difficult …
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Most maintain that the signing of treaties will persuade the minds of world leaders, and their peripheral machinery, against war. Others still, that the friendship Canada affords with its allies …
Is Military Force the Answer? Violence in Brazil’s Favelas
Brazil’s famous slums, or favelas, have long been the headquarters of organized crime and drug trafficking. Many of you will remember the famous movie City of God, which showed the …
The Neverending Conflict: A Look at the Situation in Gaza.
Over the past few weeks we have been witnesses of an enormous amount of media coverage about the conflict taking place at the Gaza strip. The conflict’s ramifications are multiple …