Global Governance

Qatar plays a crucial role in mediating conflicts in the Middle East region. Its engagement in negotiations with diverse stakeholders–including countries like Lebanon, Sudan, and Libya and non-state actors such…

As irregular migration numbers once again soar to historic levels, Europe’s migration challenges remain a difficult challenge to surmount. After years of infighting and foot-dragging, an agreement on a long-stalled…

NATO is evolving politically and militarily, as it becomes more technologically sophisticated in the cyberspace realm to meet the multidimensional challenges of the twenty-first century. Specifically, NATO continues…

Russia’s answer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), is a zombie—an undead creature shambling around the former Soviet Union, lacking a pulse…

The fight against fentanyl trafficking requires a complex suite of policies and strategies. A direct military response to an admittedly serious challenge to U.S. national security is not the best…

Addressing plastic pollution represents an extremely complex and multi-faceted governance problem, demanding a range of novel regulatory approaches. The broad utility, environmental persistence, wide-ranging harmful impacts, and global supply chain…

Following the capture of power by the Taliban in August 2021, Afghans have been facing a stark humanitarian and economic crisis, which has only been compounded and worsened by recurrent…

This article examines whether the Global North uses feminist foreign policies (FFPs) to impose their values on the Global South and if such policies can enhance gender justice.[1]…

Transitional democracies, particularly in Africa, often produce flawed elections where judicial processes are shoehorned into determining the outcome of elections. Questions inevitably arise surrounding how this rising judicialization affects both…

Mali’s surprise withdrawal of consent from the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in June 2023 has introduced a new crisis of insecurity. Its political center remains at threat of attacks…