The Conversation

TRADE WAR – Trump’s geopolitical aims, not economics, are behind his hostility

September 2, 2026 // 0 Comments

By GREG POELZER University of Saskatchewan A SEISMIC SHIFT in American geopolitics explains the breakdown in United States-Canada trade relations. Understanding U.S. security [Continue]

TRADE – Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging; that’s why we can’t capitulate

August 5, 2026 // 0 Comments

By ERIC VAN RYTHOVEN Carleton University DONALD TRUMP’S administration has announced plans for fresh tariffs on hundreds of Canadian goods. Covering close to $28 [Continue]

ANDREW – Why he was arrested, and the royal family’s legal protection

February 21, 2026 // 0 Comments

By FRANCESCA JACKSON Lancaster University ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest came after the U.S. government [Continue]

LOVE STORIES – Couples reunited across, over or under the Berlin Wall

February 14, 2026 // 1 Comment

By KELLY HIGNETT Leeds Beckett University THE PEOPLE of Berlin woke on August 13 1961 to discover that their city had been split in two. Despite the earlier cold war division [Continue]

POLITICS – Greenland, Venezuela and the so-called ‘Donroe Doctrine’

January 9, 2026 // 1 Comment

By JONATHAN ESTE The Conversation WATCHING DONALD TRUMP and his defence and national security team announcing the U.S. raid on Caracas on Saturday, it was hard not to [Continue]

AGREE TO DISAGREE: Why we fear conflict and what to do about it

December 25, 2025 // 2 Comments

By LEDA STAWNYCHKO Mount Royal University and MARYAM ASHRAF University of Calgary IN AN ERA of heightened political polarization, merely longing for civility is no longer [Continue]