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Politics is about more than just policy and governance - it touches nearly every aspect of our lives. To help you make sense of the political world around us, the Carleton University Political Science Podcast features expert analysis on the state of politics and global affairs from the faculty and graduate body of the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. Each week PhD candidate Asif Hameed talks with academic experts about the issues that matter, offering dynamic perspectives on the current affairs of an ever-changing world.
Just a few days ago the 2022 World Cup ended in spectacular fashion, with Argentina besting France in what was largely regarded as one of the greatest finals in World Cup history. While much excitement surrounded the finale, the tournament as a whole was surrounded by even more controversy, in large part due to the Cup being held in Qatar: a semi-constitutional kingdom that veers towards authoritarian.While FIFA would point to the diplomatic potential of bringing football to the Middle East with this year’s tournament, observers have widely criticized the way in which the World Cup has effectively been used as a means of ‘sports-washing’ Qatari authoritarianism, and how such elicit politicking has become imbricated in the FIFA brand. To be sure, the 2022 Cup saw some incredible matches, but it also saw allegations of bribery among players and officials alike and a staggering death toll among the migrant workers brought in to build the Cup’s infrastructure in Qatar. And a deafening silence regarding these issues in public discourse.But sadly, this is nothing new. From the Olympics being held in Berlin at the height of Nazi supremacy to Vladimir Putin welcoming the World Cup to Russia in 2018, illiberal states and international sports have made for strange, but consistent bedfellows.How have authoritarian regimes used international sporting events to achieve political ends? How have global athletic bodies like the IOC and FIFA become political entities unto themselves? And what are the implications for a state like Canada, which is currently in the midst of its own athletic scandal with the recent revelations surrounding Hockey Canada? For the fourth round of our annual ‘Politics of the Game’ podcast, we will discuss these issues and more with Professor Aaron Ettinger. Dr. Ettinger is an associate professor with Carleton’s Department of Political Science specializing in international relations, international political economy, and Canadian foreign policy.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Follow us on social media:instagram.com/cu_poli.scifacebook.com/carletonu.poliscitwitter.com/CU_PoliScicarleton.ca/polisciThanks so much for listening, and an extra thanks to Sappheiros for use of his music for our theme.Lights by Sappheiros @sappheirosmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/LightsSappheirosMusic promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/-lbbHQbZNKg––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––🎵 Track Info:Title: Lights by SappheirosGenre and Mood: Dance & Electronic + Inspirational———🎧 Available on:Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4KnoJn...iTunes: music.apple.com/us/album/ligh...Deezer: deezer.com/us/album/88114572YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xq3_uCEtiJISoundCloud: @sappheirosmusi...———😊 Contact the Artist:zachremick1@gmail.comsappheiros.bandcamp.comdeezer.com/us/artist/13811001@sappheirosmusicmusic.apple.com/us/artist/sap...youtube.com/channel/UCxLKyBhC...open.spotify.com/artist/5ZVHX...paypal.com/paypalme2/sappheirosinstagram.com/sappheirosmusicfacebook.com/SappheirosMusicdiscordapp.com/invite/Pk87yN9twitter.com/SappheirosMusicpatreon.com/sappheiros
In just under a week, the near 450 municipalities across the province of Ontario will be holding elections to chart the next four years of local governance. And while municipalities play an important role in the provision and administration of services for Canadians, the structures and institutional dynamics of municipal governments mark a fairly under-defined black box in Canadian political science. While the roles and responsibilities of the provinces and federal government have been thoroughly defined by constitutional documents such as the BNA Act of 1867, and have been subject to countless pages of scholarship, municipalities – as important as they are – have been understudied, under-discussed and largely ignored by scholars. Which is strange to say the least, because local politics matters. From global concerns of development, commerce and the environment, to some of the most important domestic issues in Canada, such as housing and the cost of living, local governments play an important role in the lives of Canadians; arguably to an even greater degree than their federal and provincial counterparts.
Why have municipalities been largely ignored by Canadian political scientists? How have local governments grown from mere ‘tools of the provinces’ to an important area of government in their own right? And why should you be paying attention to the politics of municipalities? To discuss these issues and more we spoke with Mary Coulas. Mary is a PhD candidate with Carleton’s Department of Political Science specializing in public administration and Canadian food policy. But perhaps more importantly to our conversation, Mary is also presently running a municipal campaign in anticipation of the 2022 Ontario municipal elections happening on October 24th, as a candidate for the Ennismore ward of Sewlyn Township in Peterborough county.
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Unthinkable. Surreal.
On June 22, 2022, a moment long-feared by women and the supporters of civil rights across space and partisan lines came into fruition in the United States with the overruling of Dobbs versus Jackson Women’s Health by the American Supreme Court, effectively dissolving constitutional protections over the right to legal abortions for American women as a right of privacy. As the ink on the decision dried, trigger states in the American south immediately enacted state laws banning abortions – even in life-or-death situations – some going as far as seeking to frame the medical procedure as a crime tantamount to murder. The decision was condemned by not only by activists in the American reproductive rights community, but policy makers, world leaders and observers across the planet as an ideologically driven attack on women, and an example of the institutional decay caused by the politicization of the judiciary.
While the decision was met largely with anger and derision, one thing it wasn’t met with was surprise. Indeed, the domination and control over women’s bodies in the United States is an issue that arguably stretches back centuries to the birth of the nation, and since the Supreme Court’s decision over Roe vs. Wade in 1973 established a woman’s right to bodily integrity, personal freedom and privacy, those very rights have been under attack by American right, pushing the an antagonistic view of right to privacy and women’s health to the core of the Republican identity in the decades since.
Why has the American right been so preoccupied with the elimination of women’s rights and freedoms? How have actors within civil society mobilized in the weeks since the decision? And what does this mean for the protection of reproductive rights in Canada amidst a resurgent anti-abortion movement emboldened by the American example? To discuss these questions and more we spoke with Kim Nesbitt. Kim is an in-coming PhD student with the Department of Political Science specializing in reproductive justice and international relations. She is also a strident activist in the reproductive justice community in Canada.
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Politics and sports – despite our best attempts at telling ourselves otherwise – are inherently chained to one another. One need only look to Eminem ‘taking a knee’ as an act of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and the Black Lives Matter movement this past weekend at the Superbowl halftime show to see how the field, the pitch and the arena are hardly apolitical. The world of sports is political, and politics will always be subject to the eyes of athletic activism – this is an unalienable truth going back to the days when Muhammad Ali protested the American government by refusing the draft to fight in Vietnam, or the iconic moment when Tommie Smith and John Carlos made the salute to “Black Power” at the podium of the Olympics, on a warm night in Mexico City back in 1968. In more recent years, anti-racist activism has become embraced by athletes from across leagues, perhaps reaching its height during the 2020 season when athletes from the NBA and WNBA, Major League Baseball and even the ever-militant NFL placed the fight against racism and police brutality to the forefront of the game.
But now, two years removed from that season of revolution, the ways in which politics has manifested on the field, the pitch and the arena has taken on a very different tone, with many athletes no longer reflecting the call for racial justice, but rather the chorus of anti-politics and conspiracy that has become endemic of right-wing politics in the pandemic era. How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted athletic activism across leagues? How have anti-vax figures like Aaron Rogers and Kyrie Irving impacted the broader political environment? And what are the political implications to be drawn from the Winter Olympics currently taking place in Beijing? On this special episode of the Carleton University Political Science podcast, we will tackle these questions and more as we present our third annual episode charting The Politics of the Game with Professor Aaron Ettinger. Dr. Ettinger is an assistant professor with Carleton University’s Department of Political Science specializing in international relations, American and Canadian foreign policy and international political economy.
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“So far from God, so close to the United States”. Porfirio Diaz’s infamous words describing Mexico’s relationship with the United States in many ways still ring true today. Whether through economic integration, the War on Drugs or even the steady stream of citizens and dollars moving across their shared border, the social, political and economic fate of Mexico remains as tied to its neighbors to the north today as it did in those early days following the Mexican revolution over a century ago. That relationship has seen its fair share of crests and waves, with the Presidency of Donald Trump heralding a potential low point in its discursive construction of its North American neighbor as a threat and the physical construction of a wall to keep so-called bad hombres out of the United States along the way. In many ways Mexico marked the first and arguably most consistent victim of Trumpian vision of ‘America First’, and though we are a year removed from the end of that vision one cannot help but wonder just what the Biden administration’s vision of a return to an American led liberal international order means for its Mexican neighbors and the North American continent more broadly. How has ‘America’s Back’ changed US-Mexican relations? What are Mexico’s developmental prospects under the revised CUSMA? And what role will Canada, that often overlooked ‘Third Amigo’, play in Mexico’s future political and economic prospects? To discuss these questions and more I am joined this week by Professor Laura Macdonald. Dr. Macdonald is a professor with the Department of Political Science at Carleton and a prolific specialist in the politics of Latin America and North America, as well as democracy and civil society.
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As a system of governance, democracy has come to define institutions and administrations the world over, and is one of the enduring characteristics of the modern nation-state. The success of democracy requires a sense of decorum – the peaceful transfer of power, competition coinciding with respect for one’s political opponents. But in recent years, the democracies of the western world have seemingly reached an impasse in this regard, enduring a rising tide of political polarization that has pushed incivility from the political fringe to the political mainstream. The question of how to stem this trend of polarization has become one of the defining issues of our time for democratic scholars, comparativists, security specialists and political theorists alike - and sadly no easy answers have emerged from any discipline. But perhaps the key to this issue isn’t found in the politics of our time, but rather the philosophy of the past. Indeed, the ingredients necessary for democracy to function were a deep preoccupation of the philosophers of the classic era, and on this episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast we discuss one such ingredient that is often overlooked: that of friendship. How is friendship political, and what is the role of friendship in democracy? And in what ways does friendship, or perhaps more accurately a lack thereof, help explain this current impasse of incivility seemingly haunting the contemporary democratic world? To answer these questions and more we spoke with Ali Elyasi. Ali is a PhD candidate with the Department of Political Science specializing in ancient political theory, Islamic thought, and democracy. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Follow us on social media: instagram.com/cu_poli.sci facebook.com/carletonu.polisci twitter.com/CU_PoliSci carleton.ca/polisci Thanks so much for listening, and an extra thanks to Sappheiros for use of his music for our theme. Lights by Sappheiros @sappheirosmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/LightsSappheiros Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/-lbbHQbZNKg –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: Lights by Sappheiros Genre and Mood: Dance & Electronic + Inspirational ——— 🎧 Available on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4KnoJn... iTunes: music.apple.com/us/album/ligh... Deezer: deezer.com/us/album/88114572 YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xq3_uCEtiJI SoundCloud: @sappheirosmusi... ——— 😊 Contact the Artist: zachremick1@gmail.com sappheiros.bandcamp.com deezer.com/us/artist/13811001 @sappheirosmusic music.apple.com/us/artist/sap... youtube.com/channel/UCxLKyBhC... open.spotify.com/artist/5ZVHX... paypal.com/paypalme2/sappheiros instagram.com/sappheirosmusic facebook.com/SappheirosMusic discordapp.com/invite/Pk87yN9 twitter.com/SappheirosMusic patreon.com/sappheiros
In many ways, the campaign trail of the 44th Federal Election has been a campaign unlike any other in Canadian history. Called amidst a resurgence of COVID-19 infection rates due in large part to the delta variant, the campaign has seen the Liberal and Conservative Parties of Justin Trudeau and Erin O’Toole respectively at dead heat since the drop of the writ, with the only predictable outcome being that the next government of Canada will likely be a minority government.
But the most pronounced aspect of the campaign may not be its potential outcome, but the ways in which public discontent has been mobilized in fragmented and even violent ways, targeting candidates, their staff and in particular Prime Minister Trudeau himself along the campaign trail.
As the campaign reached its final days with election day looming just around the corner, we spoke with Professor Jonathan Malloy about the campaign and the prospects ahead for the 44th parliament of Canada. Dr. Malloy is a professor with Carleton University’s Department of Political Science specializing in Canadian political institutions, and religion and politics; he is also the current Bell Chair for the study of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy and the Faculty of Public Affairs’ Associate Dean of Research and International.
You can follow Dr. Malloy on Twitter @JonathanMalloy.
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As the 2021 winter semester drew to a close just a few weeks ago, Carleton University's Political Science Graduate Student Association held their third annual graduate student conference ‘Continuity or Rupture: Politics in the 2020s’. After the cancellation of academic conferences throughout 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's conference marked a return to form and featured the research of graduate students from across the world, as well as a keynote address by the incomparable Dr. Kiera Ladner.
Professor Ladner is not only an alumna with Carleton University’s Department of Political Science, but is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Manitoba and the Canada Research Chair in Miyo we'citowin, Indigenous Governance and Digital Sovereignties, as well as one of this countries most celebrated indigenous activists.
On this special episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast, we are pleased to share Dr. Ladner’s keynote address from the conference, where she discussed the topic of continuity and rupture as an enduring theme of indigenous resurgence and the fight for justice against settler colonialism in Canada.
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With the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States in January of this year, the tumultuous ‘America First’ foreign policy mandate of the Trump administration finally came to an end. For many of America’s traditional allies in the liberal international order, the past four years under President Trump have been a difficult period, marked by a retrenched global presence, disruptions to free trade, strained relations, and moonlights with authoritarian regimes from a once reliable and steadfast ally.
No doubt recognizing this, Biden would waste no time in heralding “America is back” and signing executive orders returning the US to the previously abandoned Paris Accords mere moments after being sworn in. But one can’t help but wonder if Biden’s plans for a renewed American presence in the world can ever erase the sting of “America First”.
What is the Biden doctrine of foreign policy, and how does Joe Biden seek to build bridges after four years of America building walls? To answer these questions and more I am joined by Professor Aaron Ettinger. Aaron is a professor with the Department of Political Science here at Carleton University specializing in global governance and American foreign policy.
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In January of this year, Kamala Harris celebrated her impending inauguration as the Vice President of United States by gracing the cover of Vogue Magazine. While it’s not uncommon for noteworthy female politicians to make the cover of Vogue, the cover actually gained notoriety for Vice President Harris’ presentation. Appearing washed out and poorly lit, the cover instantly stirred controversy with commenters questioning how the world’s most prestigious fashion magazine could print a cover of the second most powerful politician on the planet looking decidedly ‘un-Vogue’ and even messy. While many would be shocked, scholars of race and critics of the fashion industry however were quick to highlight how the controversy surrounding Vice President Harris’ Vogue cover was only the most recent example of the ways in which the fashion and beauty industries have long been out of touch with any standard of beauty beyond whiteness. From technical aspects like lighting and make-up, to fundamental knowledge of palettes and undertones, within the industry of beauty there is a long and troublesome tradition of reifying intersectional forms of exclusion through the construction of standards of beauty that continue to this day to be based on a standard of whiteness. And it would seem that not even the Vice President of the United States is immune to it. On this week’s episode of the podcast, we discuss these issues and more with Amanda Roberts. Amanda is a PhD candidate and instructor with Carleton University’s Department of Political Science specializing in political theory and intersectional feminism. She is also the mind behind the beauty blog Amanda Glowgetter, a lifestyle blog focusing issues of race, beauty, and mental health and well-being. Check it out at https://amandaglowgetter.ca/.
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The Wall Street Journal once described Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as the man Vladimir Putin fears the most on the planet. And judging by the activity of both the Russian President and the fearsome anti-corruption advocate, there is definitely a case to be made about just that.
Navalny has been a staunch critic of the controversial Russian President and the epidemic of corruption within his government for nearly a decade, taking his cause to civil society through various NGOs and to the public at large not only through a storied political career, but also through powerful social media campaigns and self-produced documentaries.
Amassing a following of millions online, Navalny has become the face of the modern reformist movement in Russia. And while he has inspired a new generation of activism in his embattled homeland, he has also endured the brunt of its retaliation from the Kremlin through a myriad of criminal allegations, prison sentences and even attempts on his life.
In August of 2020, Navalny was poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent – a substance developed and used by Russian authorities against enemies abroad. This was the third time Navalny had been attacked using a chemical agent since 2017, but the outcome was by far the worst, with Navalny being forced into a medically-induced coma for nearly two weeks. Upon returning to Russia in January of this year, Navalny was immediately detained and later sentenced to two years in a remote prison for violating his parole.
The response among Russian citizens has been nothing short of historic, with protests emerging throughout the country in the days and weeks following Navalny’s detainment. Calling not only for his release, but for a transformation of Russian governance towards greater accountability, transparency and respect for the rule of law, the current protests are the largest Russia has seen in over a decade and marks a potential critical juncture in the Putin regimes two decade control over the state.
This week on the Carleton University Political Science podcast we are joined by Professor Andrea Chandler. Dr. Chandler is a professor here with the Department of Political Science at Carleton specializing in Russian politics and governance, and the politics of gender in post-communist states.
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Professional wrestling occupies a strange place in the pop culture ether, walking a line between sport and theatricality unlike any other form of entertainment. Its appeal lies in its use of athleticism and realism to tell entirely fictional stories of good versus evil and the just versus the corrupt in a tradition of live performance that goes back well over a century; one that has existed in every continent on the planet, barring the Antarctic.
And for nearly five decades the spectacle that is professional wrestling has been defined by a single undisputed king - the brainchild of one Vincent Kennedy McMahon: World Wrestling Entertainment.
In fact, for many the WWE is shorthand for the entire industry of “sports entertainment”, as it has defined the major trends and tropes of professional wrestling since the company’s inception and has taken the industry from a series of localized, territorial travelling circus shows to being a global phenomenon that intersects with nearly all forms of entertainment. The WWE is a publicly traded company that is worth billions, and has spawned its own movie studio, network and publishing house alongside countless action figures, video games and hours of television.
And while Mr. McMahon would be the first to tell you that the WWE is just entertainment, it also just so happens to wear its politics on its sleeve. From the constant use of racial stereotypes through the decades to the contemporary manifestation of anti-liberal storylines, the WWE is hardly an apolitical entity of entertainment, but is a discursive system that constructs and reifies specific forms of identity as good versus evil, and just versus corrupt.
And when one considers the personal politics of Vince McMahon, the man behind the WWE, we cannot help but consider the ways in which the politics of that man translate into the product itself and seek to shape and socialize the generations that watch every week.
On this week's episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast, we talk to Paolo Gentile to discuss these issues and more. Paolo is a PhD student with the Department of Political Science here at Carleton University, specializing in political theory and the politics of social media.
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The Presidency of Donald Trump may very well be remembered for his administration’s contentious relationship with ‘the truth’. Indeed, when many speak of the current political age as the Post-Truth era of democracy, the catalyst is often seen as resting within the controversial Republican’s approach to politics.
From the rise of ‘alternative facts’ as a means to undermine scientific consensus, to the President’s constant laments over media scrutiny and the framing of his critics as ‘fake news’, the legacy of the 45th President of the United States will likely remain always chained to the ways in which truth and fact came under fire in his tenure.
And perhaps no greater example of this exists than the end of that tenure. Mr. Trump’s recent electoral loss to the now President-elect Joe Biden has sparked a stream of conspiracy and accusation from the Republican leader, with allegations of fraud and electoral tampering being posted by the President almost hourly on Twitter in the weeks since election night.
While Mr. Biden’s victory has been confirmed at the state level, by the Supreme Court and by the Electoral College, it hasn’t stopped President Trump from attempting to undermine that victory – even if no credible data exists to support his claims.
What place does truth have in an era of post-truth politics? How does democracy survive in an age when truth is so easily reduced and reconstituted by leaders and citizens alike? And can we ever return to a politics of truth as the core of democratic practice?
On this week’s episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast, we interrogate these questions and more, and turn to the canon of political theory and philosophy for answers. Joining us this week is Taylor Green – Taylor is a political theorist and PhD candidate with the Department of Political Science, specializing in the pangs of modernity and the philosophy of technology.
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On December 31, 2020 – whether an agreement, deal or accord has been struck or not – the United Kingdom will formally exit from the European Union, ending decades of economic and political partnership. In the four years since the people of the UK 'voted leave' in the historic UK-EU membership referendum of 2016, the road to Brexit has hardly been straight-forward but rather has been mired in stalemate, politicking and, at times, even resentment too.
The outcome has saw one of the worst-case scenarios for the UK and EU emerge as a potential possibility, with a no-deal BREXIT being on the table at the present moment despite the deadline for the UK’s exodus quickly approaching. At the present moment this podcast is being released, that deadline is only a few short weeks away.
In many ways the politics of Brexit stretch back far beyond just the past four years, but reflect centuries of contention between the UK and its European neighbours, and marks only the most recent phase in an ever-changing relationship. And while nationalism and Euro-discontent are very much at the fore of the UK’s decision to leave, these processes dig far deeper into the bedrock of British politics than just the rhetoric of the UKip movement.
What are the sources of Brexit and British discontent with the Pan-European project? How has this impacted relations not only with the UK and the EU, but with long-standing partners like Canada and the United States? And what does Brexit mean for not only the future of UK-EU relations, but the global community as a whole?
To delve into these questions and more, we spoke with Professor Achim Hurrelmann. Professor Hurrelmann is a professor with not only the Department of Political Science here at Carleton University, but also with the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS). He is also the co-director of Carleton’s Center for European Studies and is an expert in the politics of the EU, democracy and state theory.
You can follow Professor Hurrelmann on Twitter @achimhurrelmann.
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To look upon the cosmos is to gaze upon the ultimate gestalt. For some, space is the limitless horizon for human progress – it is our eventual destination. Others may see it as the realm of science fiction and fancy; a place where the imagination runs wild. And yet for many others it is merely a dark void – a vacuum full of stars. However, throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, space has emerged as one of the most important policy areas in contemporary governance.
From communications and climate science to the recent controversies surrounding the Trump administration’s campaign promise to build colonies on other planets, space presents a dynamic area of policy and international cooperation – and one that is generally pretty misunderstood.
Is space the final frontier, politically-speaking? To answer this question and many more as it relates to the politics of space, we are joined this week by Kiernan McClelland. Kiernan is a PhD candidate with the Department of Political Science here at Carleton University specializing in the strategic application of space power in Canada and the politics of planetary defence.
If you’re interested in finding out more about Kiernan’s work, make sure to follow him on Twitter @canuckonaut. “War and Peace in Outer Space” is available for pre-order through Amazon and Oxford University Press.
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The past two decades has saw a level of global interconnectedness far beyond the scope and imagination of the past two millennia. The expanse of information and communications technology since the 1990s has been nothing short of revolutionary, creating a modern condition where the lens to which people view the world is filtered through mobile networks and the screens of their smartphone.
While the ubiquity of the internet has no doubt made for an easier life, it has also created a myriad of new complexities, from fragmentation and isolation to new forms of warfare and insecurity. In the case of the latter, the internet has in recent years emerged as a new space for conflict with the rise of cyberwarfare and cybersecurity as domains of politics, creating an entirely new horizon of possibility for conflict and war.
From ransomware and monitoring to the undermining of elections and the hollowing out of democracy, issues of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare have become existential political concerns – and yet, governments around the world have struggled to respond to the new threats the world of the cyber has presented to the state.
To help make sense of the politics of cybersecurity and cyberwarfare I’m joined this week by Alex Rudolph. Alex is a PhD student with Carleton’s Department of Political Science, specializing in the interaction between state, society and cyberspace. You can find out more about Alex’s work by following him on Twitter @alexfrudolph.
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Without a doubt the biggest political issue in the world right now is the US Presidential election, and the many controversies surrounding it. From issues with ballots and access to the very laws surrounding the election itself, the events of this week have done much to illuminate the problems plaguing the institutions of representative governance in America today.
Amidst the noise and confusion surrounding the final tally however existed some causes for celebration, namely in the form of several historic victories by candidates representing a diverse array of traditionally marginalized communities. From Richie Torres and Mondaire Jones becoming the first openly gay black men in Congress to Sarah McBride becoming the first transgender state senator, these victories were undeniably historic, not only because of their occurrence in the wake of one of the most controversial elections in recent history, but because of the way in which they breached the walls of the traditionally exclusionary American political system.
From classism in campaign finance, to the patriarchal structures of candidate selection to the overarching racialized nature of party politics, the representative institutions of the American republic have long-since been marred by a structural exclusion of minority groups. Which make the advances of minority candidates this week a huge victory indeed.
This isn’t an indictment solely targeted at the United States as structures of intersectional exclusion are part and parcel of democracy in the western world. But the American example this week shows that maybe a fast track to institutional change is possible.
This week on the Carleton Political Science Podcast we discuss structures of minority exclusion in the representative institutions of the United States, Canada, England and more with Professor Melissa Haussman. Professor Haussman is a specialist in American government with the Department of Political Science, and has written extensively on comparative North American politics and the politics of gender throughout a myriad of institutional contexts. Just a side note: while we’re releasing this episode on the heels of Election Night 2020, this podcast was recorded in the final days of the campaign. Regardless though, Professor Haussman offers a fascinating look at the intersectional politics at play during the American election and beyond.
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Just a few short weeks ago Lebron James led the Los Angeles Lakers to a record-tying seventeenth NBA Championship. The victory capped off what may be the most unique NBA season in league history, not only because of the unprecedented ‘NBA Bubble’ in which the games took place due to COVID-19, but because of the central place the politics of race and justice held throughout the abbreviated season.
The murder of George Floyd at the hands Minneapolis police officers in May of this year catalyzed a protest movement felt across the world – and perhaps in no other public space was it more evident than on the court of the 2020 NBA Season. Players throughout the league wore jersey’s adorned in slogans deriding police brutality against Black Americans, while “Black Lives Matter” was sprawled along the court of every game.
And while “King James” indeed led his team to a historic title win, James’ activism both on and off the court may be what he is best remembered for in the 2020 season, as he led the charge for athletes across leagues to engage in an unimaginable level of anti-racist and anti-oppression activism.
From the multi-sport wildcat strike in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, to the ever-militant NFL allowing players to wear anti-oppression slogans as stickers during games, the year in sports of 2020 was simply one where politics and sports became intertwined in a way that has never happened before, and may never happen again.
This week on the Carleton University Political Science Podcast we’re proud to bring you a spiritual sequel to one of our favourite episodes from last year – The Politics of the Game. Joining me again is Professor Aaron Ettinger, a member of our faculty here at Carleton specializing in international relations and American foreign policy, as well as Alexandra Wishart – a PhD student and critical race scholar here at the Department of Political Science specializing in citizenship regimes in civil wars.
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In this Bell Chair Lecture Series conversation between Dr. Annette Isaac and PhD Candidate Amanda Roberts, Dr. Isaac outlines her evolving stages of consciousness of racism during her time at Carleton University, University of Alberta, and in international development. The conversation begins with an opening statement by Dr. Isaac to frame the discussion, then moves into a Q&A portion discussing racism and anti-racism in Canada, issues of representation, missing cues and imposter syndrome, and advice for grad students on building community.
Dr. Annette Isaac is an author and scholar with experience studying women and gender, feminism in Canada and the developing world, race, ethnicity, globalization, and more. She is co-author of Politics of Race, and in her recent memoir, Missing The Cues. Tales of a Newcomer’s Life in Canada, Dr. Isaac shares the subtle messages and hints that most newcomers in Canada tend to miss while building their social and professional lives. She not only studied at Carleton University, but was also an Adjunct Research Professor and Instructor in the Department of Political Science for a number of years.
Correction: Near the end of this talk Dr. Isaac referred to the valedictorian speech Chadwick Boseman gave at Howard last year, when she intended to describe it as his commencement speech.
When COVID-19 took hold of the world seven months ago, it caused a retrenchment of life unlike anything the world has ever seen. Seeking refuge at home, many people found solace and distraction in binge watching movies and television, putting streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime at the heart of essential services for the survival of the great quarantine of 2020.
But, not unlike some dystopic nightmare found on Netflix’s Black Mirror, our experience of entertainment is not apolitical. In many ways the political assumptions of our modes entertainment, and the streaming services we use to access this content, is arguably more important than its ever been, as all eyes are currently – for better or worse – gazing in the same direction.
What are the politics of Netflix and its myriad of content, and how does the political assumptions of the films, television shows and documentaries we consume impact our own political reality? These questions and more will tackled in a unique first year seminar that will be held in the winter semester here at Carleton by Professor Mira Sucharov.
A world-renowned expert in the politics of Israel and Palestine and prolific author of scholarship and media alike, Professor Sucharov is one of the most beloved members of our community here at the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. Last week Professor Sucharov also achieved a major publication milestone with the release of ‘Borders and Belonging’, a memoir capturing her experiences in activism and academia in Canada, Israel and beyond.
As she celebrates the release of her new book, we talk with Professor Mira Sucharov about the task of writing memoirs, the importance of engaged scholarship and the politics of Netflix on this week’s episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast.
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By sway, sanction and even violence, democracy has become the standard to which political power is legitimized and contested in the world today. Yet at the same time, while democracy may be the viewed by many as the most legitimate of regime types, the state of democracy in 2020 is not quite secure.
Across the world traditionally stable democracies face crises of participation, and the tide of exclusionary populism sweeping across the western world would seem to indicate a potential impasse for liberal democracy and its central norms of peace, order and good government.
As the United States prepares for a Presidential campaign trail like none before, and COVID-19 heralds fear of democratic backslide throughout the global south, I spoke with Ali Elyasi about the theoretical state of democracy in the world today. Ali is a PhD student with the Department of Political Science, specializing in ancient political theory and international relations.
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Traditionally the fall is a time of transition, not only in terms of weather, but for students it means the beginning of a new year. To enter a new classroom. To be part of a whole new environment.
However, amidst the continued fear and threat of COVID-19, the Fall of 2020 is a beginning to a new school year unlike any other.
For students and teaching staff at Carleton, and universities across the country, this has meant engaging in a pedagogical shift unlike any time in history and moving instruction almost entirely online. This continental shift has come with its fair share of challenges, challenges that professors, teaching assistants, staff and students themselves are trying to find solutions to with each passing day.
How can one create a meaningful educational experience for students online? How do we foster community in socially distant environments? And are there actually opportunities for innovation hidden deep within education at a distance – opportunities which may pave the way for more progressive and enlightened pedagogy?
To discuss these questions and more we spoke to Professor Jonathan Malloy. A pillar of the community at Carleton University, Professor Malloy has been with the Department of Political Science for over two decades, taking on the role of department chair from 2012 to 2018. A renowned expert in Canadian politics, as well as in the mentorship and career development of graduate students, Professor Malloy is the current Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy and will chair the Canadian Political Science Association’s annual conference next year at Congress 2021.
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Eight minutes and forty-six seconds – that’s how long Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on the neck of George Floyd during an arrest over an alleged counterfeit $20 bill on the evening of May 25th, 2020.
The incident was captured on camera by bystanders on the street and saw Floyd repeatedly beg officers to let him go, crying out “I can’t breathe” as onlookers equally pleaded with officers to no avail - eerily reminiscent of the last words uttered by Eric Garner in the final moments of his life in 2014, when he was also choked to death by a police officer in New York for selling cigarettes on the street.
Eight minutes and forty-six seconds – that’s how long it took police to kill a man, and to spark a national revolt in the process. These incidents and countless others like them over centuries have led to a global outcry against racism and police brutality in the US, with protests even amidst the fear of COVID-19 not only taking place in every state in the American union, but states around the world.
Fighting back against the bigotry and systematic targeting of black and brown bodies since the very inception of the nation, citizens of all colours and backgrounds have taken to the streets, calling for not only the prosecution of police officers guilty of racialized violence, but a radical re-evaluation of not only policing but the nature of race in America today.
As curfews are being enacted and quarantines are defied in the name of equality and justice I spoke with Alexandra Wishart about the institutionalization of racism in the United States. Alex is a critical race scholar and one of the PhD students here at Carleton's Department of Political Science. Her experience with the issues at play with racism in America come not only from a history of teaching American Politics at institutions like Georgia State University, but through many years as an activist in the American south where she spent most of her life.
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The response to COVID-19 across the world has been unlike anything experienced in the contemporary era. Changing the nature of human experience from interaction to isolation, the virus has had a previously unimaginable impact on states, societies and economies around the world.
The political impact of Coronavirus has been immense, but perhaps more significant has been the philosophical impact on the human condition itself.
What are the impacts on the psyche as death and disease take on a global scale? How does humanity continue to progress when - to take a page from Yeats - in the widening gyre things fall apart and the centre cannot hold? And what are some of the lessons we can learn from theorists throughout history who wrote in times of pestilence and plague?
In the second episode in our series on the politics of COVID-19, we take a look at the contributions made by political theorists in our understanding of Coronavirus and its social, economic and political impacts, and look to history to find philosophical inferences that can be drawn from plagues and disease in the past.
To discuss these issues I am joined by Taylor Green. Taylor is a PhD student with Carleton University's Department of Political Science specializing in political theory, the philosophy of technology and Canadian political thought.
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Since our last episode the world has fundamentally changed. COVID-19 – born from the alleged consumption of a bat purchased in an illegal market in Wuhan, China – has spread across the globe and in a sense put humanity on hold. Millions have caught it, hundreds of thousands have died, and in its wake a new reality of social distancing has emerged, where the best hope in combating the disease lies in people’s capacity to no longer interact in person. Across the world states have struggled to face the disease and save lives, enacting a myriad of policies and approaches to mitigate the human and economic damage of COVID 19. And as would be expected the results have been mixed, ranging from East Asian success stories to the abject failure of the Trump administration in the United States to adequately deal with the disease. In the first of a series of podcasts on COVID-19 this episode will focus on the Canadian response to coronavirus. At the present time nearly fifty thousand Canadian citizens have contracted it, with deaths inching towards three thousand nation-wide. While hope lies in the fact that contraction rates have begun to slow, anxiety has continued to rise as politicians and policy-makers have begun to discuss the re-opening local economies after nearly two months in stasis. Joining us to talk about the Canadian response to COVID-19 is Paul Thomas, a senior research associate with the Samara Center for Democracy and an adjunct professor with the Department of Political Science here at Carleton University. You can find more about the work Paul and the Samara Center are doing at https://www.samaracanada.com/, and can follow Paul on Twitter @pejthomas and the Samara Center @SamaraCDA.
Later this year, controversial American President Donald Trump will make his first bid for re-election against a currently unknown Democratic candidate. And in many ways the face to find that candidate has stirred just as much intrigue as the inevitable campaign road ahead.
Over the past few months the playing field of over 20 potential leadership nominees has whittled down to just a select few, with each offering a different vision of what the party should look like in the years ahead.
In many ways these diverging views also result in very different visions of public policy, not the least of which including a policy area heavily impacted by President Trump’s “America First” vision – foreign policy.
How does Joe Biden’s vision of America’s place in the world differ from Bernie Sanders’, or Elizabeth Warren’s for that matter? To answer these questions we’re joined this week on the Carleton University Political Science Podcast by Dr. Aaron Ettinger, a professor here at Carleton’s Department of Political Science specializing in American Foreign policy. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Follow us on social media: instagram.com/cu_poli.sci facebook.com/carletonu.polisci twitter.com/CarletonPoliSci carleton.ca/polisci Thanks so much for listening, and an extra thanks to Sappheiros for use of his music for our theme. Lights by Sappheiros @sappheirosmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/LightsSappheiros Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/-lbbHQbZNKg –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: Lights by Sappheiros Genre and Mood: Dance & Electronic + Inspirational ——— 🎧 Available on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4KnoJn... iTunes: music.apple.com/us/album/ligh... Deezer: deezer.com/us/album/88114572 YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xq3_uCEtiJI SoundCloud: @sappheirosmusi... ——— 😊 Contact the Artist: zachremick1@gmail.com sappheiros.bandcamp.com deezer.com/us/artist/13811001 @sappheirosmusic music.apple.com/us/artist/sap... youtube.com/channel/UCxLKyBhC... open.spotify.com/artist/5ZVHX... paypal.com/paypalme2/sappheiros instagram.com/sappheirosmusic facebook.com/SappheirosMusic discordapp.com/invite/Pk87yN9 twitter.com/SappheirosMusic patreon.com/sappheiros
The controversy surrounding the Trump administration recently reached a new zenith with the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives enacting the articles of impeachment, resulting in only the third impeachment trial in American history currently unfolding within the Senate.
Spawning from an alleged withholding of foreign aid as a means to pressure a foreign government – in this case, the Ukrainian government under Volodymyr Zelensky - into investigating one of the American President’s domestic rivals, the trial has put questions of the limits of Presidential privilege, the abuse of power and founders intent front and centre in American political discourse.
As the trial reaches its end, we spoke with Professor Waller R. Newell about the impeachment proceedings. Professor Newell is one of the longest-tenured faculty members with the Department of Political Science at Carleton University and is an expert in the great canon of political theory. As one of his seminal works "Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice and Terror" enjoys the release of a newly expanded volume, Professor Newell discusses the politics of impeachment and the legacy of the Trump administration on this episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Follow us on social media: instagram.com/cu_poli.sci facebook.com/carletonu.polisci twitter.com/CarletonPoliSci carleton.ca/polisci Thanks so much for listening, and an extra thanks to Sappheiros for use of his music for our theme. Lights by Sappheiros @sappheirosmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/LightsSappheiros Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/-lbbHQbZNKg –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: Lights by Sappheiros Genre and Mood: Dance & Electronic + Inspirational ——— 🎧 Available on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4KnoJn... iTunes: music.apple.com/us/album/ligh... Deezer: deezer.com/us/album/88114572 YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xq3_uCEtiJI SoundCloud: @sappheirosmusi... ——— 😊 Contact the Artist: zachremick1@gmail.com sappheiros.bandcamp.com deezer.com/us/artist/13811001 @sappheirosmusic music.apple.com/us/artist/sap... youtube.com/channel/UCxLKyBhC... open.spotify.com/artist/5ZVHX... paypal.com/paypalme2/sappheiros instagram.com/sappheirosmusic facebook.com/SappheirosMusic discordapp.com/invite/Pk87yN9 twitter.com/SappheirosMusic patreon.com/sappheiros
This past December the United Nations High Commission for Refugees held its first Global Refugee Forum – a massive conference in Geneva featuring policy makers and civil society organizations from around the world.
The meeting sought to take the blueprint created by the UN’s Compact on Refugees and forge it into action, resulting in the announcement of nearly 800 pledges related to the plights faced by migrating bodies and marginalized people across the globe. And one of the attendees of the Global Refugee Forum was Carleton University’s own James Milner.
Professor Milner is an associate professor with the Department of Political Science, and one of the most respected migration scholars in the world today. He is also the project director of LERRN, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network – a major collaborative research project bringing together academics and civil society organizations from around the world – and has worked as a consultant to the UN’s High Commission for Refugees.
On this week’s episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast Professor Milner offers his reflections on the Global Refugee Forum, the push for a more inclusive global order in migration policy, and the road required to turn pledges and hopes into substantive policy change. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Follow us on social media: instagram.com/cu_poli.sci facebook.com/carletonu.polisci twitter.com/CarletonPoliSci carleton.ca/polisci Thanks so much for listening, and an extra thanks to Sappheiros for use of his music for our theme. Lights by Sappheiros @sappheirosmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/LightsSappheiros Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/-lbbHQbZNKg –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 🎵 Track Info: Title: Lights by Sappheiros Genre and Mood: Dance & Electronic + Inspirational ——— 🎧 Available on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4KnoJn... iTunes: music.apple.com/us/album/ligh... Deezer: deezer.com/us/album/88114572 YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xq3_uCEtiJI SoundCloud: @sappheirosmusi... ——— 😊 Contact the Artist: zachremick1@gmail.com sappheiros.bandcamp.com deezer.com/us/artist/13811001 @sappheirosmusic music.apple.com/us/artist/sap... youtube.com/channel/UCxLKyBhC... open.spotify.com/artist/5ZVHX... paypal.com/paypalme2/sappheiros instagram.com/sappheirosmusic facebook.com/SappheirosMusic discordapp.com/invite/Pk87yN9 twitter.com/SappheirosMusic patreon.com/sappheiros
As one of the biggest and longest-running franchises in cinematic history, the Star Wars saga has maintained a special and revered place in the hearts of millions around the world. Walking the line between Hollywood tentpole and cultural meditation, Star Wars is a cinematic phenomenon unlike any other, using archetypes as much as storytelling and special effects to make ontological statements on spirituality, philosophy, and indeed politics as well.
As a cultural text, the Jedi saga heralds to larger questions relevant to our contemporary political context such as the struggle between tradition and modernity, the overarching role of technology and the rise of nativism and extreme exclusionary politics, which begs us as political scientists to ask two interrelated questions: what are the political inferences that can be drawn from the Star Wars saga? And how can political philosophy aid us achieving a deeper and richer understanding of the mythos of that famed tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far away?
As the long-awaited final episode of the Star Wars space opera hits theatres this week with the release of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, we discuss the political theory of Star Wars with Jeremy Keats - a PhD student specializing in political theory with the Department of Political Science here at Carleton.
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The Colin Kaepernick-NFL situation took an unexpected turn in recent weeks when the exiled former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers was invited to a public practice by the Atlanta Falcons. For three years Kaepernick has been forced to sit on the sidelines, exiled from the 49ers and blacklisted by the ownership of every other NFL franchise for his controversial choice to “take the knee” during the ceremonial playing of the American national anthem in protest of the increasing violence against African American citizens perpetrated by American law enforcement.
While Kaepernick’s return to the field was surprising, the muted response by the NFL and its various franchises was not, with the vast majority of teams choosing to ignore the practice altogether, citing the inconvenience of a last-minute change in venue and an alleged lack of need for an elite-level quarterback on the bench.
But while Kaepernick continues to be treated as a pariah by the league he has become a contemporary folk hero for anti-oppression social movements throughout the United States and the world at large, and a central part of the #BlackLivesMatter movement that has come to redefine social movement activity in the digital age.
And he’s not alone in this regard – from Megan Rapinoe and the women of American soccer pushing not only for equality within their sport but American society at large, to Lebron James’ Twitter critiques of the American President, athletes have emerged as some of the most prolific and influential non-political voices in the political world. And while the practice of this agency has taken a very specific shape in the current era of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter and social media, the tradition of the ‘athlete as rebel’ is one that has a long history, stretching back to Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson.
On this week’s podcast we focus on the politics of the game using an institutional lens, dissecting the institutional logics of both elite and amateur sport leagues, the place of politics in sports and the political agency of athletes with Professor Aaron Ettinger, an assistant professor specializing in international relations and foreign policy with Carleton University’s Department of Political Science.
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After one of the most controversial and scandal-ridden federal election campaigns in recent history, Canadians made their voices heard in selecting the Liberal Party to a second consecutive government. And while Election Night 2019 saw the re-election of many longstanding Members of Parliament, it would also see the emergence of many new MP's taking their seat in the House of Commons for the very first time.
For these rookie MP's the life of a parliamentarian is a novel experience they've never encountered before, and this begs a simple question: what is it like for first time MP's to formally enter the world of Canadian politics? This week on the Carleton University Political Sceince Podcast we talk with PhD candidate Louise Cockram about her researcher on the experience of rookie MP's in the House of Commons and the trials of orientation they face when taking their seat in Parliament.
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On Monday October 21 Canadians will be heading to the polls to name their choice to lead the country for the next four years. After several months of controversy, scandal and politicking, Justin Trudeau's incumbent Liberal Party has found itself in a dead-heat with Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party of Canada, with no clear winner in sight.
As the campaign comes to a close and Election Day 2019 looms we talk with Professor Paul Thomas - one of the many Canadianists from our department - about the election, the key issues for Canadians and the state of the Canadian democracy in this week's episode of the Carleton University Political Science Podcast.
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