Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements
194 Articles
- Global Governance
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
- Science & Technology
The Lungs of the Earth: Shifting a Metaphor from Superstition to Science
“Save the plankton, breathe freely.” “Try to live for an hour missing every other breath and see how well you do.” Such statements are becoming more common, but they are…
October 13, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART II: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
How then should policymakers, activists, and scholars weigh the policy options? The main question is not whether human rights should be promoted in the region, but how? Stress on…
September 11, 2020
- Global Governance
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
- Human Rights & Development
PART I: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
A useful lens for analyzing the current regime in Chechnya is to reflect upon the wave of violent detentions of LGBTQ that began with allegations in the Russian newspaper, Novaya…
September 4, 2020
- Business & Economics
Puerto Rico Can Emerge Stronger; But It Needs Help
The tiny Caribbean island of Puerto Rico is on the rocks. Recent spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths have forced the island to close beaches and limit visitors. The island is…
August 27, 2020
- Uncategorized
Wilson’s Imperial Internationalism
In a remarkable about-turn, Princeton University recently decided to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson, twenty-eighth President of the United States (1913-1920) and President of…
August 19, 2020
- Science & Technology
Internet Freedom: Fighting Back Against Digital Authoritarianism
Cyberspace has become unstable, and the challenges faced by technologists and policymakers are more nuanced and complex. Authoritarian regimes have learned to use sophisticated…
July 24, 2020
- Society & Culture
Law 3.0: A Conversation for the New Decade
However, with the progressive industrialization of the common law world, and with its countries becoming ever more technologically sophisticated, Law 1.0 was joined and partially…
July 21, 2020
- Global Governance
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