Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements
188 Articles
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The ASEAN Synthesis: Human Rights, Non-Intervention, and the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) has been welcomed as the most impressive commitment to protecting human rights within ASEAN ever created. At the same time, others have…
July 26, 2013
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Nukes, Lies, and International Organization
Mohamed ElBaradei’s book, The Age of Deception, highlights three emerging, important, and interwoven issues related to the prevention of nuclear proliferation: the prevalence…
May 16, 2013
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The Global Online Freedom Act
The wide diffusion of the Internet in developed and developing nations has made it a key medium for political debate and activism. Social media tools like Facebook, Twitter,…
May 16, 2013
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It’s Time for an International Code of Conduct for Private Security Contractors
For the past seven years my organization, Human Rights First, has been working on several fronts to address private security contractor abuses and impunity. We have advocated…
March 26, 2013
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Multilateral Approaches for Improving Global Security in Cyberspace
Effective cyber security requires that national governments, private companies, and non-governmental organizations work together to understand threats in cyberspace and to share…
March 22, 2013
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Is Outer Space Safe?
Space today is dramatically different than it was when the Outer Space Treaty was negotiated nearly 50 years ago. Space applications and services touch countless facets of modern…
February 14, 2013
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The Proliferation of Drone Warfare: The Weakening of Norms and International Precedent
Michael C. Horowitz, in his widely praised book The Diffusion of Military Power, notes that states and non-state actors face a number of possible strategic choices when…
February 6, 2013
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They Are Not Alone: Supporting Prisoners of Conscience
Unfortunately, many people today are not free but languish in jail cells around the world. They are imprisoned because of who they are, what they believe, and how they have…
January 14, 2013
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No One’s World, with Dr. Charles Kupchan
GJIA: In your book, No One’s World, and elsewhere, you have argued America is entering a period of relative decline and new powers are emerging, particularly among the BRIC…
November 18, 2012
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The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Five Minutes with Ambassador James Keith
GJIA: China will be undergoing a leadership transition over the next several months. What kind of changes, if any, should we expect from the new Chinese leadership? JK: Well,…
August 27, 2012