2017-2018: A Year in Review
For the next two weeks, MJPS will be publishing feature pieces analyzing the most important political events of the year. From January 2017 to the present, several major political events More
Trudeau Goes to India
Srijan Shukla Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent trip to India felt like a crash course on “how to destroy a bilateral relationship in 7 days.” In the world of More
The US in Afrin: Short-term Alliance vs. Long-term Stability
The Turkish attack on Afrin, a Syrian city with a Kurdish majority, demonstrates the complex internal conflict within Syria and the Middle East. These conflicts are likely to develop in More
Dirty Hands: The Politics of Morality
“Dirty Hands” refers to the idea that the right political action can conflict with profound morality. The term was first coined by Jean-Paul Sartre in his 1948 play, Dirty Hands. More
Populism Meets Protectionism: Trump Overlooks the Dark Past of Protectionism
On March 1st, President Trump tweeted, “Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the More
Liberal Blunders, Conservative Leadership, and the 2019 Federal Elections
Prime Minister Trudeau’s woeful visit to India has been the subject of much mockery in the past few weeks – and with good reason. The invitation of a suspected extremist More
The Fourth Estate: The Importance of a Free Press for the Maintenance of Good Government
On the morning of October 27th 1787, a trio of New York newspapers, including the Independent Journal, published the first of a series of articles that would eventually become the More
Emperor Xi & Insurgent Trump: A Recipe for Future Geopolitical Chaos
The past ten days mark perhaps the two biggest geopolitical developments in the decade to come. The Chinese Communist Party amended the Chinese constitution to allow for more than two More
Nigeria’s Response to Boko Haram: Then and Now
In 2014, Boko Haram abducted 256 schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria. Last month, they struck once again and kidnapped 110 girls from Dapchi in Northeastern Nigeria. In the time that passed More
A Lion in Lamb’s Clothing? Conor Lamb and the Future of the Democratic Party
A special election in Pennsylvania has dominated the news cycle for the past week. The election was extraordinary in several ways. Firstly, the Democratic candidate ran on a centrist, bipartisan More