Category: Global Governance
137 Articles
- Global Governance
Marooned Democracy: Climate Change Demands Management, Not Solutionism
Imagine a ship on the ocean with no destination. The goal of the sailors is to individually thrive and for the ship to be safe. They have only recently joined in this cooperative…
February 5, 2021
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Antarctic Geopolitics: Emerging Cracks in the Ice?
The Antarctic: Peace and Science After two years of negotiations, the Antarctic Treaty was signed on December 1, 1959, by twelve states and entered into force on June 23, 1961.…
February 3, 2021
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Ireland and America: A Special Affinity
Nearly a century ago, in October 1924, Ireland opened diplomatic relations with the United States of America when Timothy Smiddy presented his credentials to President Calvin…
February 2, 2021
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All I Need Is a Shot in the Arm: Global Cooperation and the COVID-19 Vaccine
We may be seeing the beginning of the end of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Though many countries are seeing rapid increases in new cases and hospitalizations, and governments are…
December 16, 2020
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The Disinformation Shift: From Foreign to Domestic
On November 10th, a week after the US presidential election and three days after media outlets projected victory for former vice-president Joseph R. Biden, Secretary of State…
November 28, 2020
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Indo-Pacific Needs the Third Pole, ASEAN+1
The United States and China seem to be competing on every front in their recent disputes over the WHO, WTO, 5G, outer space sovereignty, and trade. The matter of regional…
November 24, 2020
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Global Leadership on Climate-Linked Human Insecurity: Learning from Pacific Island States
Change and challenge have defined the year 2020. The global pandemic has claimed over a million lives and threatens livelihoods around the globe, the climate crisis persists…
November 7, 2020
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Why the United States’ Re-Engagement with the Paris Agreement is Crucial in a Post-COVID World
This rapid rise in emissions can be attributed to countries striving to maximize their economic growth in a post-pandemic era. The climate crisis may especially worsen in the…
September 5, 2020
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COVID-19 Management and Soft Power: Ideas for a Geopolitics of Science and Expertise
Countries such as Germany, South Korea, and New Zealand, where policies have been adopted rapidly by the political leadership in synergy with the scientific community, have seen…
July 14, 2020
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Japan and South Korea Can Lead Post-Pandemic East Asia
The pandemic crisis has intensified the US-China confrontation. Partly due to the Trump administration’s persistence in calling COVID-19 the “Wuhan virus” or “China,…
June 22, 2020