Trump vs. Harris on the Ukraine War
As the 2024 US Presidential election draws nearer, the two candidates’ differing approaches to the Ukraine War constitute a stark divide for American voters to evaluate. The policies of the two...
View ArticleUS Election 2024: Evangelicals and Trump with Melissa Deckman
Host Alex Ritch sits down with political scientist Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, to discuss how religion, particularly evangelical Christianity, could affect the 2024...
View ArticleImmigration Takes Centre Stage in U.S. Presidential Election
Viewers of the September 10 presidential debate might remember when Donald Trump falsely claimed that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting people’s pets to eat them. This shift to more radical and...
View ArticleHarris and Trump on Climate Policy
In 2021, the United States rejoined the Paris Agreement, committing to an international fight to limit global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. The Intergovernmental Panel on...
View ArticleMIR Meets: Kelley Vlahos
Host Theo Shouse sits down with Kelley Vlahos, editorial director of Responsible Statecraft and former executive editor of The American Conservative, to discuss US foreign policy and the emergence of...
View ArticleEducation Policy and the U.S. Presidential Election
United States presidential campaigns have a history of centring K-12 education policy—something that has been markedly missing from both the Democratic and Republican platforms for the 2024 election....
View ArticleMIR Meets: Bob Rae
Host Sabrina Nelson sits down with Bob Rae, ambassador and permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations, to discuss Canada’s role in the UN and multilateralism, the future and challenges of...
View ArticlePeople Before Highways: How American Roads Tore Apart Neighbourhoods
With the advent of the American Interstate Highway System (IHS), American society was ushered into a new millenium and experienced a level of connectedness never before witnessed. American suburbia...
View ArticleWhat Can Polling Tell Us about the Presidential Election?
Error in polling leading up to the 2020 presidential election was the highest in 40 years; nearly every forecast greatly underestimated President Trump’s popularity and the percentage of the national...
View ArticleHow Minority Voters Could Sway the Election
As the United States Presidential election approaches, polls are still showing a tight race, with Vice President Kamala Harris at 49 per cent and former President Donald Trump at 48 per cent. The...
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