Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements
194 Articles
- Online Archive
UAV Proliferation and the Challenge of Change
Unfortunately, numerous problems hamper the current international regimes—the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Wassenaar Arrangement—responsible for preventing…
October 9, 2013
- Business & Economics
Bangladesh’s Lessons for Enlightened Corporate Interest
In the wake of the factory collapse, customers, the public, shareholders, and the media have all made clear their collective disgust at deplorable working conditions in the…
August 5, 2013
- Global Governance
Generational Divide Could Endanger Long-Term Australia-U.S. Relations
As expected, most Australian foreign policy specialists agreed with one another that the Australia-U.S. strategic alliance remains a strong one. In fact, they pointed to signs…
August 2, 2013
- Online Archive
Regional Integration Studies
The academic study of regional integration is scattered amongst different disciplines. Political scientists have a longstanding interest in regional integration but historians,…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
Forum: The Integration of Regions
Regional integration and regional organizations are two sides of the same coin although at times stamped with different metals. Regional organizations are often characterized by…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
The Arctic Council as Regional Body
The Arctic Council (AC) is an intergovernmental organization that, since its creation in 1996, has been widely recognized as one of the most progressive regional bodies in the…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
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
- Online Archive
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 of…
May 16, 2013
- Online Archive
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
- Online Archive
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