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
Op-Ed: Susan Collins, A Profile in Cowardice
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. Last Friday, More
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