Multilateral Institutions & Agreements

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…

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…

Since December 2017, about 8,000 peacekeepers have been withdrawn from the African Union’s 22,000-strong force in Somalia amid an increasingly costly stalemate with al-Shabaab that has depleted troop morale. The…

President Biden’s approval of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will facilitate key aspects of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States technology cooperation partnership (AUKUS). Australia, the United Kingdom, and the…

In the last two and a half years after regaining power in Afghanistan, the Taliban, have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis. They have systematically violated the rights…

Given India and China’s contentious relations, smaller states in South Asia, such as Nepal, face challenging geopolitical realities. Nepal seeks to maintain amicable ties with both of its powerful neighbors,…

The Lebanese economic crisis, which began taking shape in October 2019, has been described by the World Bank as one of the top three most severe global crises since…

The Biological Weapons Convention has become an outlet for geopolitical tensions heightened by the war in Ukraine. This two-part article charts how the diplomatic battle between Moscow and Washington for…

Read part 1  The Biological Weapons Convention has become an outlet for geopolitical tensions heightened by the war in Ukraine. This two-part article charts how the diplomatic battle between…

International economic institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are fraught with controversy primarily because of claims from critics…