1, 2, 3, 4, Trump Declares a Trade War
The U.S. and China Are at War, and Tit-for-Tat Protectionism Is Their Ammo After decades of economic codependency, the United States and China have entered a full-blown trade war. Trade More
Wilkommen: Erdogan and the Search for Economic Alliances
Turkish President Recep Erdoğan landed in Berlin on last Thursday to kick off a 3 day state visit to Germany. This is the first of its kind since Erdoğan became More
Kosovo and Serbia: The Border Deal That Wasn’t
This year, the young Republic of Kosovo is celebrating 10 years of existence. It has indeed been a decade since Kosovo adopted a unilateral declaration of independence which resulted in More
NAFTA, the Redux: A Primer on USMCA
Renegotiating unfavourable trade agreements was a key campaign promise of President Trump. Whether grounded in empirical realities or otherwise, Trump managed to emerge as a credible representative of America’s losers More
The Morning After: Post-Election Debrief
Electoral equilibrium thrown upside down in 2018 Quebec election For the first time in 52 years, Quebec has elected a party other than the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) or More
The Evolution of Sovereignty in Quebec
Read all of our election coverage here. “After 40 years, sovereignty off the table in Quebec elections,” a Globe and Mail headline reads. For Quebec, it is a historic moment. More
Op-Ed: The Case for a Liberal Minority in Quebec
Note: this op-ed presents only the opinion of the author and is not an endorsement from the McGill Journal of Political Studies nor the McGill Political Science Students’ Association. Read More
Relationship Advice: Quebec and Ottawa After the 2018 Election
Read all our Quebec Election coverage here. With the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) and Parti Liberal du Quebec (PLQ) neck-in-neck in the race to become the next governing party of More
A is for Anglophone: What the Historic English-Language Debate Signals for Quebec Politics
Read all our Quebec Election coverage here. Since the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, politics in Quebec have been consistently characterized as “explosive.” Whether about nationalizing hydroelectricity, refusing to sign More
Rebuilding Somalia, And Why It Matters
Somalia’s contemporary history is that of a country’s shift from a time once prosperous, independent and democratic, to a military dictatorship, civil war, and ineffective institutions. The ongoing civil war More