From Fame to Fall: Brazil’s Dramatic Shift to the Right
As the largest democracy in Latin America and the fourth largest democracy in the world, the Brazilian government represents over 208 million constituents. In a nation in the process of More
The US Midterm Elections: 5 Senate Races to Watch
With November quickly approaching and intense get-out-the-vote efforts by Republicans and Democrats alike, the U.S. midterm elections have been heating up across the country. Both parties face incredibly high stakes More
Keeping Up with the Kremlin: A Semi-Exhaustive Timeline of the Mueller Investigation
Last August, American president Donald Trump used his favourite social media platform to vent his frustration at Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election. In a More
Assange’s “Feline Ultimatum” is Just a Tiny Piece of the Puzzle
News broke this week that Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks, has filed a lawsuit against the Ecuadorian government for the new asylum terms it imposed on him. More
Op-Ed: A Quiet Revolution in Eastern Europe
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. While Quebec More
Qatar: Resisting the Blockade and Defying Saudi’s Regional Interests
On the June 5th of 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt initiated a blockade of Qatar that closed land, sea and air routes and expelled Qatari More
The Thin Line Between Red and Blue: Partisanship in the US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of America is meant to check the power of the President and the legislature, and to act as a neutral judge of the constitutionality of law in 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
Fake News, Real Consequences
In April 2018, a doctored video of a child being kidnapped circulated India through the Facebook-owned messaging platform Whatsapp. As a result of this video, at least 25 people have More
The Rohingya Crisis: Political Impasse and Challenges to R2P
Recent Escalation of Violence On 25 August 2017, renewed violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state led to the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya civilians from their homes. The crackdown More