Getting the Insight Out
An article by Anyue Zhang that interprets the battle over immigration through the lens of political theorist Ernesto Laclau. By understanding political struggles as hegemonic operations—efforts to fix the meaning of an idea itself—we can become more conscious of what really unites a movement, and in turn, what delineates it from others.
The policy’s greatest utility may lie beyond its stated goals.
Beyond these security vulnerabilities, the potential for personal financial gain creates a moral risk: the gamification of human suffering. In the comments of the market, users note the latest information on Palestinian injuries and deaths, often lamenting that these attacks were not counted in the market.
Mark Carney’s 2026 Davos speech unsettled established expectations about Canada’s place in the international system, abandoning the language of rules-based international order and reframing how the country positions itself on a global scale. However, this event brings about a familiar question in Canadian foreign policy: can rhetorical honesty produce genuine change, or will it simply renew the practice of performative sovereignty?
On the Nur movement in Post-Ottoman Turkey and its representation of a lesser-known nuance of Islamic political activism in the modern Middle East.
This article interrogates the concept of meritocracy through its etymological evolution from dystopic prophecy to political buzzword. Mainstream iterations of meritocracy and the so-called “merit principle” assume its moral goodness, yet the term(s) are far more complicated than they are traditionally represented. This article argues against Pierre Polievre’s assertion that DEI has somehow displaced the Canadian merit principle by nuancing meritocracy and problematizing the implied claim that Canada has a history of fair opportunity. (A companion piece to last month’s analysis of ‘DEI-bureaucracy’ and its practical implementation in Canada).
An article that explores what
Venezuela’s political landscape may look like in the
wake of Nicolas Maduro’s removal. Following the
placement of Delcy Rodríquez as Venezuela’s interim
president by the U.S., will the repression present under
Maduro’s leadership continue, or will opposition parties
take this as an opportunity to expand their roles?
An article that analyzes the re-
emergence of territorial imperialism by great-power
states as a political strategy, focusing both on the ways
in which middle-power states like Canada and Colombia
might respond to this strategy, as well as the varying
domestic factors within these middle-power states that
will drive their respective responses.
Canada positions itself as a global leader in refugee protection, emphasizing humanitarian commitment and adherence to international norms. Its asylum system is widely understood as generous and rights-respecting; however, its reputation hides a harsher truth about whom it is ultimately designed to protect. This article argues that Canada’s asylum framework does not simply fall short for women fleeing violence but actively turns survivorship itself into a legal liability. Through stricter procedural timelines and early screening mechanisms, the potential emergence of Bill C-12 treats experiences shaped by trauma and dependency as procedural risk rather than recognized harm. By examining how claims shaped by violence move through Canada’s asylum process, humanitarian leadership is revealed to coexist with policies that quietly reproduce gendered exclusion.
This article examines how Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention reshaped the way femicide is measured and contested. It argues that reduced political commitment weakened the transparency of state data collection, increasing data reliance on civil society tracking and demonstrating that the measurement of violence is a political process in itself.