Getting the Insight Out
The world is, quite literally, burning. Every year, billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) are emitted into the atmosphere, increasing the earth’s temperature, and consequently, the regularity and severity More
Happy Sunday! Classes may have taken a brief break this week in the face of a winter storm, but the political storm certainly hasn’t abated. We hope you are having More
At times, aspects of the law can appear contradicting. While laws require the consent of the people, they also constrain them in ways that they would not prefer from an More
Suppose for a moment that you are a very staunch Liberal, living in the 1960s at the height of the Vietnam War. One day you encounter the Secretary of Defense, More
Happy Sunday! In case you didn’t hear, this year’s Groundhog Day produced a mixed bag of predictions about the future of winter in Canada. Surprising absolutely no one, Quebec’s own More
On January 10th, the Minister of Treasury and Liberal Member of Parliament, Scott Brison, announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2019 upcoming election. By leaving a More
Throughout the course of international relations studies, it has been widely acknowledged and accepted that states are sovereign entities in the international system. However, the substantive meaning behind the claim More
The Middle East has experienced years of authoritarian rule. Despite modernization theory’s prediction that modernization precedes democratization, the Middle East has modernized without achieving democracy. The Arab Spring in 2011 More
With 2019 on the horizon, MJPS reflects on a tumultuous year of politics that shaped the world for the year to come. At Home A turbulent year in provincial elections More
The state, as outlined by Weber’s popular definition, is the structure that has a monopoly over the legitimate use of force within a given territory. States regularly exercise many of More