Getting the Insight Out
Beyond these security vulnerabilities, the potential for personal financial gain creates a moral risk: the gamification of human suffering. In the comments of the market, users note the latest information on Palestinian injuries and deaths, often lamenting that these attacks were not counted in the market.
On the Nur movement in Post-Ottoman Turkey and its representation of a lesser-known nuance of Islamic political activism in the modern Middle East.
Amid a global rise in internet shutdowns, governments are using digital blackouts as tools of political control. This article compares India and Myanmar to show how legal oversight shapes the scope and duration of shutdowns, producing targeted disruptions in some contexts and sweeping blackouts in others. The analysis reveals that legal constraints matter not because they prevent shutdowns, but because they structure how power is exercised in a digital landscape.
Davos Context The 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, held on January 20, 2026, will likely be regarded as a turning point for Canada foreign policy scholars. In More
Since the beginning of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s term, conversations about Alberta’s role in confederation have come to the forefront of the political discussion. These conversations have been fueled by separatist activists but also by the provincial government itself, which has recently started championing unpopular sovereigntist policy. It is worth asking why the United Conservative Party is so adamant about increased Alberta sovereignty and how it might affect their base of support into the future.
Mark Carney’s 2026 Davos speech unsettled established expectations about Canada’s place in the international system, abandoning the language of rules-based international order and reframing how the country positions itself on a global scale. However, this event brings about a familiar question in Canadian foreign policy: can rhetorical honesty produce genuine change, or will it simply renew the practice of performative sovereignty?
This article interrogates the concept of meritocracy through its etymological evolution from dystopic prophecy to political buzzword. Mainstream iterations of meritocracy and the so-called “merit principle” assume its moral goodness, yet the term(s) are far more complicated than they are traditionally represented. This article argues against Pierre Polievre’s assertion that DEI has somehow displaced the Canadian merit principle by nuancing meritocracy and problematizing the implied claim that Canada has a history of fair opportunity. (A companion piece to last month’s analysis of ‘DEI-bureaucracy’ and its practical implementation in Canada).
An article that explores Hannah Arendt’s understanding of revolution and politics, suggesting that her theories should be reconsidered in light of the unique urgency of social issues in democracies today.
The Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 9) amends three laws that restrict the rights of transgender youth and adults within healthcare, education, and sports. Alberta has invoked the notwithstanding clause in Bill 9, barring judicial review of the latter. This bill will specifically limit gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth, ban transgender participation in women’s sports, and require parental consent for name and pronoun changes in school. This article will discuss how the notwithstanding clause has evolved over the last forty years, leading to increasingly tyrannical and preemptive uses enabling discrimination towards minorities in Canada.
An article that explores what
Venezuela’s political landscape may look like in the
wake of Nicolas Maduro’s removal. Following the
placement of Delcy Rodríquez as Venezuela’s interim
president by the U.S., will the repression present under
Maduro’s leadership continue, or will opposition parties
take this as an opportunity to expand their roles?