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Today In History: Former Indian PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated

Asiya Haouchine

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist”—Indira Gandhi

Two of her own bodyguards assassinated the first female Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, outside of her New Delhi home on October 31, 1984. Satwant Singh and Beant Singh killed the prime minister in retaliation for her crackdown on Sikhs.

Gandhi’s bloodstained sari at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi.

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Canada: Emerging from the Dark Ages?

Allison Pytlak

“What happened to Canada?” is a question I’ve heard often over the last several years, and one I’ve typically answered with either a shrug or embarrassed cringe. As a Canadian who lives abroad and works internationally, I interact daily with diplomats and civil society representatives who often wonder where the progressive-minded middle power of yesteryear has gone.  Canada largely disappeared down a foreign policy rabbit hole during Stephen Harper’s nine year stint as prime minister.

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Gilbert Achcar on the Russian military operation in Syria

Ilya Budraitskis Gilbert Achcar

Ilya Budraitskis: It has been several days since the start of the Russian military operation in Syria and the goals and strategy of this operation are still unclear. The explanation coming from Russian officials is unclear. On one hand they put an anti-ISIS agenda as the main reason of the operation, and on the other they present it, like Putin did at the UN, as an aid to the legitimate government of Assad. What do you think is the real goal of this operation?

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