Category: Global Governance
137 Articles
- Global Governance
In the Shadow of the British Empire: International Law and the State of Decolonization
These conflicting impulses of Britain’s trajectory are clearly displayed in the Indian Ocean, on a small set of islands called the Chagos Archipelago. There, Britain’s…
March 9, 2020
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The Different Levels of Geopolitics of the Arctic
Fortunately, with more attention comes more comprehensive knowledge as well. Several scholars have now debunked the notion of “resource wars” in the North, due to the sheer…
December 5, 2019
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Collective Finance for NATO’s Collective Security
To achieve this goal, the United States should work with NATO to collectively finance its security. Here is how to start: NATO’s more creditworthy countries, which are mainly…
November 29, 2019
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Brexit and Scotland
In practice, matters were more complicated. First, the Brexit vote begs the question of whether power should go back to the people, as in the referendum, or back to Parliament,…
November 12, 2019
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Managing Displacement in the Era of Climate Change
A decade ago, when researchers from a range of disciplines started to focus on these issues in a concerted way, there was not really a field of study of which to speak. There was…
November 7, 2019
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Indigenous Elder Societies as Leaders for Global Protected Areas Governance
Many models for parks and protected areas have been created globally to preserve biodiversity and natural heritage and to provide visitors with “wild places” to experience.…
October 10, 2019
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How Poland’s Law & Justice Party Plans to Win
From Hungary to Turkey, strong, democratically-elected parties have used their control over the legislature to change their constitutions and other rules of the game in ways that…
October 3, 2019
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A Transition from Above or From Below in Venezuela?
Existing scholarly research suggests that a lack of prominent pro-government political moderates makes a transition from above unlikely. Instead, re-democratization depends on…
August 30, 2019
- Global Governance
PART II: Russo-Georgian Dystopia
Russian sanctions might not be that impressive, but they are extremely dangerous for Georgian unity. Russia has been destabilizing that unity since Georgia’s independence in…
July 24, 2019
- Global Governance
PART I: Russo-Georgian Dystopia
“Georgians have always had a grievance complex, because Turks or Persians have always suppressed them. The lack of independence, the inability to have one’s own state —…
July 22, 2019