Opinion: UN Mission Set to Leave Darfur as Violence Continues
The United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur, or UNAMID, is set to expire on December 31, 2020. Formed in July 2007 to stabilize the Darfur region of Sudan during the More
The Case for Centralization in Times of COVID-19
Around the world, the spread of the coronavirus has presented new challenges to governments and opened debates regarding some of the fundamental principles that shape our political systems. A particular More
COVID-19 and Chicago’s Black Community: Following The Deadly Reality of Health Inequity
On March 16th, Patricia Frieson, a 61-year-old black woman, passed away at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she had tested positive for COVID-19. She was a retired nurse More
Responding to COVID-19: Who Did it Better – Canada or the United States?
The emergence of COVID-19 as a global pandemic has put virtually every country to the test. On top of governments and health care systems, the virus has tested the ability More
How COVID-19 Has Transformed Unresponsive Policymaking: The American Context
The societal consequences and international reach of the novel coronavirus have tasked politicians to reimagine policy in a manner centred around public safety. The slogan propagated throughout social media, which More
Global Crisis Management: Assessing Government Responses to COVID-19
In the current dialogue surrounding the coronavirus, there has been a recurring image of ineffective government: administrations fumbling the opportunity to address the crisis efficiently and responsibly. More than just More
Outside the Prison Walls: As COVID-19 Spreads, Hope Grows for a Political Prisoner in Iran
With the Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the world, there is little room for other typical international affairs mechanisms to take place. However, one of the longest running issues in Iranian-British More
Seeking Welfare: Who Gets to be Well During a Pandemic?
Last week, a video of Hollywood celebrities singing “Imagine” by John Lennon went viral, but not in the way that it likely was intended to be. Many middle-class and working-class More
Anti-Spitting Hats and Price-Gouging: How the Economy Adapts to a Pandemic
To anticipate the impact COVID-19 will have on the world, one must look further than biology. While the immediate threat is towards human health, the most widespread, dispersed effects will More
Last Clinic Standing: Testing a Trump-era Supreme Court
One-sixth of all pregnancy-related deaths were the result of illegal abortions in 1965. Doctors think that the actual figure was likely much higher than that when taking into consideration unofficial More