Dirty Hands: The Politics of Morality
“Dirty Hands” refers to the idea that the right political action can conflict with profound morality. The term was first coined by Jean-Paul Sartre in his 1948 play, Dirty Hands. More
Populism Meets Protectionism: Trump Overlooks the Dark Past of Protectionism
On March 1st, President Trump tweeted, “Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the More
Liberal Blunders, Conservative Leadership, and the 2019 Federal Elections
Prime Minister Trudeau’s woeful visit to India has been the subject of much mockery in the past few weeks – and with good reason. The invitation of a suspected extremist More
The Fourth Estate: The Importance of a Free Press for the Maintenance of Good Government
On the morning of October 27th 1787, a trio of New York newspapers, including the Independent Journal, published the first of a series of articles that would eventually become the More
Emperor Xi & Insurgent Trump: A Recipe for Future Geopolitical Chaos
The past ten days mark perhaps the two biggest geopolitical developments in the decade to come. The Chinese Communist Party amended the Chinese constitution to allow for more than two More
Nigeria’s Response to Boko Haram: Then and Now
In 2014, Boko Haram abducted 256 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria. Last month, they struck once again and kidnapped 110 girls from Dapchi in Northeastern Nigeria. In the time that passed More
Theorizing Colonialism: Heuristic Advantages and Historical Erasure
Colonialism is not a theoretical problem. Let me clarify this statement: Genocide, dispossession, slavery are not theoretical problems. There is ample historical evidence of the atrocities associated with the More
A Lion in Lamb’s Clothing? Conor Lamb and the Future of the Democratic Party
A special election in Pennsylvania has dominated the news cycle for the past week. The election was extraordinary in several ways. Firstly, the Democratic candidate ran on a centrist, bipartisan More
Another One Bites the Dust: Rex Tillerson is Out as Secretary of State
After months of speculation, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired by President Donald Trump on March 13th. As expected, Trump fired Tillerson through a tweet, and reportedly only contacted More
Canada’s Intra-party Democracy Deficit
The term “democratic deficit” is used by political analysts to describe political institutions whose level of democracy fails to reach theoretical standards of democratic governance. The term has widely been More