The WTO’s Fall from Grace: Wavering Leadership
Outgoing Director General of the WTO Roberto Azevêdo worked near miracles in 2013 and 2015. However, with US-global trade relations soured and 144 new trade barriers erected on account of COVID-19, the famed organization seems to be taking…
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Debt, Masks, and Tech: Why COVID-19 Won’t Mean the End for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
China is proving that it will not allow COVID-19 to bring its economy to a standstill. With President Xi’s playbook for Chinese-style globalization, the Belt and Road Initiative will continue serving Beijing’s political and economic…
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Why Canada Needs an Indigenous-Specific COVID-19 Policy
Canada needs a COVID-19 strategy tailored to the needs and unique vulnerabilities of First Nations communities, particularly those in remote, isolated regions already struggling with longstanding disparities in healthcare and government…
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Même au Québec
Le Premier ministre Legault avançait cette semaine en conférence de presse que bien qu’il existe du racisme et de la discrimination au Québec, il n’y existe pas de discrimination systémique. Vraiment?
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COVID-19 is a Symptom of a Greater Global Pathology
COVID-19 has been portrayed as a unifying phenomenon. However, the pandemic is not only unveiling, but exacerbating widespread healthcare inequality across the globe, particularly in the Global South.
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Opinion | We’re Not All In This Together
COVID-19 has wreaked immeasurable havoc, much of which could have been prevented if it were not for the persistent discrimination against the most vulnerable from the very systems designed to protect them.
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Unfolding Michael Bloomberg’s Meme Campaign
Michael Bloomberg, who suspended his 2020 Democratic presidential nomination campaign on March 3, spent nearly 600 million USD on advertising. His campaign uniquely capitalised on the growing presence of social media in the political…
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How COVID-19 Is Endangering Press Freedom Around The World
As COVID-19 spreads around the world, so do threats to freedom of the press. Although these are particularly prevalent in authoritarian states, democratic countries are not immune to this phenomenon. Marco-Antonio Hauwert Rueda examines the…
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Justice française: compensation, la solution?
Se constituer partie civile soulève certaines limites importantes à prendre en compte dans notre analyse de la justice française.
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Losing Face: The Structural Inadequacies of Australia’s ‘Pacific Step Up’
This February, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, embarked on her first state visit to The Republic of the Fiji Islands. It was a conference overshadowed both by the global rise of COVID-19 and the continued impacts of climate…
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