Pushed to the Brink: Ukraine at the End of Its Rope?
Yesterday, Russia fired upon and seized three Ukrainian Navy vessels, injuring six Ukrainian sailors. The incident occurred in the Kerch Strait, a waterway that connects the Azov Sea with the More
Op-Ed: Merkel’s Mark: A Mixed Legacy in Europe
By Will Hanna and Ciprian Constantinescu We can say that Angela Merkel is history alive. She is the longest-serving leader of a European Union member state. In fact, while she More
Yemen, Khashoggi, and Why Things Won’t Change
The recent killing of the Saudi Arabian dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul has attracted international coverage and fierce condemnation. The assassination of one man has More
One Belt, One Road: China’s Rising Dominance in Europe
For decades, Croatia has suffered from a Bosnian intrusion on their coastline, isolating a small corner of the country and the port city of Dubrovnik. A bridge connecting mainland Croatia More
Brexit Deadlock: Can You Have the Cake and Eat it, Too?
Two weeks have passed since the end of the ASEM 2018 summit in Brussels. This particular summit was a chance for the EU and the UK to bury the heated Salzburg 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
Italy’s EU-Breaking Budget
Italian politics is in the midst of an unprecedented trial of ideological mixing. Last March, the Italian general election produced no definitive majority, marking a substantial shift away from dominance 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
“It’s Trade, Stupid!”: Don’t Forget Brexit
The post-war history of global trade has so far been like a cheery fairy-tale. Even as multilateral trade liberalization froze from the Doha round onwards, the proliferation of preferential trade More
The Tides of March: Europe In or Out on Continued Integration?
March 4th: For and Against On March 4th, the people of both Germany and Italy were faced with decisions that will have an incredible impact on the future of each More