What Ruble Depreciation Means for Russia’s War Effort
Over the past week, the ruble fell to its lowest exchange rate against the U.S. dollar since March 2022, when Russia began its full scale invasion of Ukraine. Inflation has More
Western Corporations in China: Boycotts, Sanctions, and Political Troubles
On March 29th, the Chinese government warned Swedish fashion retailer H&M and other western companies taking a stand against Chinese labour practices in Xinjiang province, home to the bulk of More
Snapping Back: The International Supply Chain of Turtles and Tortoises
On Sunday, March 28, 185 baby tortoises were found in a suitcase at the Galápagos Ecological Airport. The luggage was heading to the port city of Guayaquil in Ecuador when More
Why Canada’s Liberals Cannot Secure a Trade Deal with India
In recent years, India has become an increasingly crucial market priority for Canada in terms of trade and investment. The two countries’ expanding bilateral economic relationship is one based on More
The Geopolitics of Natural Resources: A Case Study on Helium
In an era of increasingly complex supply chains and rising global tensions, certain natural resources play a vitally important role on the international stage. It is worth examining the geopolitical More
Opinion: How Pro-Working Class Policies Could Have Helped Flatten the Curve in America
As a decentralized federal state, the United States lacks a powerful and unified public health infrastructure, creating what has amounted to a fragmented and ineffective response to the coronavirus pandemic. More
In-Depth: Are Economic Sanctions Justifiable?
Article 33, under the Fourth Geneva Convention, states that “No protected person may be punished for an offense that he or she did not personally commit.” At present, however, one More
A Halt to Globalisation? COVID-19 and Travel Bans
Donald’s Trump has been criticised for his response the coronavirus crisis; there were delays to the US testing kits and he’s been accused of downplaying the danger posed by the More
Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk… Unless It’s Canadian
President Trump may have already celebrated the passage of the multinational trade agreement titled the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), but the deal is yet to be ratified in Canada. Prime More
APEC: A Poor Example of Cooperation
This weekend marked the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG). APEC is a forum for fostering economic agreements and cooperation between More