Desperate Times: Private and Public Responses to Fake News
With fake news on the rise, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay properly informed, especially when it comes to politics. But now, more than ever, it is important to More
A Free Pass for Trump: David Malpass and the Future of the World Bank
Former World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, stepped down in early January of this year, leaving open a highly influential position for a Trump nominee to fill. After about a More
#ShutDownZimbabwe: The Art of Shutting Down A Nation
It all started with a mere public service announcement. On January 12th, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a national announcement that Zimbabwean fuel prices would be increased significantly in the More
The E3+1pire Strikes Back: Europe’s New Financial Channel to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal
On January 31st, the E3+1 (UK, France, and Germany, and the European Union) announced that they will be setting up a special trade channel with Iran in order to counter More
US 2020: Guide to the Candidates
With the 2020 Presidential Election fast approaching, candidates have been announcing their runs left, right, and centre (literally and figuratively). MJPS’ Candidate Tracker has the most up-to-date information on the More
The Northeastern Republican
To party veterans and lifelong Republicans, the Republican Party of 2019 is wholly unrecognizable. That Donald Trump has transformed the party by accelerating its gradual rightward drift and adding his More
What China’s Economic Slowdown Means for the Global Economy
China has long been one of the fastest growing countries in the world, becoming increasingly influential in finance and trade. For over three decades, China’s export industry alone grew on More
Amalgamation nation: Is Ontario headed for more ‘megacities’?
As news emerged of a coming regional review of municipalities by the Ontario government, Toronto mayor John Tory was in the midst of meeting with mayors from around the Greater More
The Insight Scoop: February 3rd – February 10th
Happy Sunday! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and everybody knows that politics and romance go together like chocolate on strawberries. So who are our favourite couples in politics? Of More
5G, Five Eyes, Five Arrests (so far): A Novel Strategy to Contain China Yields Mixed Results
It was a midsummer evening this past July when a storm began to brew in Nova Scotia. In the months to come, a handful of relatively unknown bureaucrats would carefully More