Armenia’s Post-Modern Moment: The “Legal Revolution”
Reading our journal’s year in review article, one may get the impression that we live in turbulent times. The prospects for our liberal order have remained uncertain, in line with More
Op-Ed: Canadians Must Not Forget the Phoenix Fiasco
Public outcry continues to grow over the American government shutdown which has stranded 800,000 federal employees without pay. What most have forgotten, or never knew, is that thousands of Canadians More
T-9 Months: MJPS Federal Election Outlook
In exactly 9 months, Canadians will head to the polls for the 43rd federal election. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will fight for re-election against Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives, currently in opposition. Also More
Wickedly Smart: The Security Implications of AI
Back in 2017, a self-taught computer became the world’s best player of Go, an abstract strategy board game. The computer was first of its kind in terms of self-teaching, based More
Unwavering Authoritarianism in the Middle East
The Middle East has experienced years of authoritarian rule. Despite modernization theory’s prediction that modernization precedes democratization, the Middle East has modernized without achieving democracy. The Arab Spring in 2011 More
Succession Crisis: A New Face of the World Bank
On January 7th, Jim Yong Kim, then-President of the World Bank, announced his resignation from his post, effective February 1st. Originally appointed by President Obama in 2012, his exit from More
A Coup in Gabon: What Does It Mean?
Early morning on January 7th, a number of Gabonese junior army officers stormed the national TV and radio station in Libreville, Gabon, claiming a seizure of power. Their leader, Lieutenant More
Democratize, or Disintegrate: Challenging the European Project
Yanis Varoufakis is not yet a household name. Once a member of an obscure academic niche in economics, over the past five years the Greek intellectual has risen to the More
Op-Ed: Tired of Losing? It’s Time for the Democrats to Fight Dirty
Despite the nonsensical “split decision” narrative peddled by the press on election night, the 2018 midterms were by any measure a blue wave thanks to the historic unpopularity of the More
Flash Analysis: Pipeline Conflict in Wet’suwet’en Territory
Resource extraction and Indigenous rights have once again come into conflict with the construction of a natural gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia. Coastal GasLink, a subsidiary of More