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Canada has announced it will recognize Palestinian statehood in September, provided certain conditions are met. A Palestinian flag flies near the Peace Tower during a Gaza rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in November 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Canada and the U.K.’s conditional recognition of Palestine reveals the uneven rules of statehood

Catherine Frost, McMaster University

The cautious, conditional endorsements from Canada and the U.K. reflect the workings of a dated international system that governs the birth of states.
A gym is in ruins following a shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. Russian forces have escalated their attacks on crowded cities in what Ukraine’s leader called a blatant campaign of terror. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Putin’s Ukraine invasion: Do declarations of war still exist?

Rebekah K. Pullen, McMaster University and Catherine Frost, McMaster University

Putin never formally declared war on Ukraine, calling the invasion a “special military operation.” Official declarations of war are increasingly a thing of the past. Here’s why that’s detrimental.
A Scottish Saltire flag hangs in the window of an apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland, next to the EU flag in August 2020. Scotland could vote to separate from the U.K. in 2021. (AP Photo/David Cheskin)

Scotland could vote to separate in 2021, testing Canada’s independence formula

Catherine Frost, McMaster University

Scotland’s renewed push for independence is not only similar to Québec’s — there are also lessons for Scottish politicians in Canadian law on the concept of separation.

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