Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso Withdraw from ECOWAS: The Exit Changing West Africa’s Security Landscape
Examination of three Sehalian countries’ exit from West Africa’s most prominent economic bloc and the security impacts it may bring.
The State As a Man: Colonial Legacies and the Failure in Addressing Violence Against Indigenous Women.
The Canadian government’s Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls reveals systemic failures, entrenched in colonial, heteropatriarchal frameworks that perpetuate violence. Anthropologists Audra Simpson and Paulina García-Del Moral argue that productive change requires acknowledging settler-state motives and dismantling structural domination
Canada’s Immigration 180
Changes to Canada’s Immigration Policy At a cabinet retreat in January, Immigration Minister Marc Miller was interviewed on CTV News. When asked about reducing the number of permanent residents to More
Assessing Israel’s ‘Split’ Democracy Under Netanyahu
Israel exhibits several elements of a robust democracy: a solid electoral framework, a multiparty system, and freedom of the press. However, its standing as a legitimate democracy is threatened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing policies, targeting of independent institutions, and military occupation of Palestinian territories.
Two Years After Masha Amini’s Death: The Women Life Liberty Movement Fights for Survival
September 16th 2024 marked the two-year anniversary since Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman, died in the custody of Iran’s so-called “morality police”. Detained on charges of “improper” clothing in More
Analysis – What does Claudia Sheinbaum’s Presidency mean for Mexico?
On October 1st, Mexico’s presidential sash was passed onto Claudia Sheinbaum, the country’s first ever female president. After receiving the sash she declared “It is time for women. Women have More
Proportionality and Dual-Use Objects: The Principles That Shaped the Treatment of Civilians in Modern Conflict
On October 31st, dozens were killed after an Israeli airstrike on the Jabaliya refugee camp destroyed a residential block. According to an international spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), More
The Practical Neglect of the U.S. Defense Regime and its Emergent Vulnerabilities
The United States is known for its military, staggering in its size, capability, and scope. The U.S. military is the most powerful fighting force in the history of humanity, maintaining More
The Sanctions Dilemma: How Western Pressure Fuels Iran’s Defiance
Iran’s most powerful military organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) has transformed into the ultimate symbol of Iran’s defiance against Western pressures. Following the 1978 Iranian Revolution, the United More
Reimagining the Family: A Platonic Inquiry into Collective Liberation
Upon our first meeting, the members of this editorial team realized we would all follow the two first courses of the History of Western Political Thought sequence this year. We therefore decided to try and present an article re-actualizing a piece of historical political theory every publishing cycle. This week, we start with Plato’s seminal Republic. He probably would have disliked much of what Radical Feminism suggests. But he can’t argue anymore. So his immortal soul has to read this article and be indignant in Greek.
Sofia Vaillant Forlini, Editor, Political Theory Section