Category: Academic Essay
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The Contemporary Relationship Between the U.S. and Canada
Kevin McLeod, Gov 391, 2021 In 1969, Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau spoke at the Washington National Press Club, where he memorably described the relative scale of relations between Canada and the U.S.: “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast,… Read more
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The UN Tribunal for Rwanda
Kevin McLeod, GOV396, April 15, 2022 Introduction In the spring of 1994 the Rwandan government, military services and extremist groups turned violently on a cultural minority. The ensuing massacre led to ~800,000 deaths in 100 days, ending in mid-summer. Estimates vary on the exact figure of lives lost, but the fact of genocide is not… Read more
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Farmland Volcanoes
The mound you see here is Mole Hill in Northern Virginia, a bit over an hour away from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. 48 million years ago it was a volcano. It has obviously worn down quite a bit since then, but the geological processes that gave it birth are still active. The Journal of Geophysical Research… Read more