Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements
188 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Opportunities and Challenges of AUKUS
What is AUKUS? AUKUS was announced in September 2021 to support the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The significance of this decision, with…
February 7, 2024
- Human Rights & Development
The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
The crisis in Afghanistan has largely disappeared from the news. It was pushed aside by the war in Ukraine and the humiliation and fatigue of Western countries whose twenty years…
February 6, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Managing Regional Rivalries and Extraregional Interests as a Buffer State: The Nepalese Case Study
As a small landlocked country between India and China, Nepal has long been considered a buffer state—a small country sandwiched between larger rival powers—with its…
January 19, 2024
- Business & Economics
The End Game to Lebanon’s Woes: IMF Reform And Political Willingness
The Crisis At A Glance Lebanon has been in the throes of an unprecedented financial crisis since October 2019, when the country was shaken by widespread demonstrations protesting…
November 10, 2023
- Global Governance
Biological Weapons Convention: In the Crosshairs of Geopolitical Tensions, Part 1
Until recently, the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) had lost political traction. Arms-control diplomats had relegated it to one of the least prioritized disarmament…
May 17, 2023
- Global Governance
Biological Weapons Convention: In the Crosshairs of Geopolitical Tensions, Part 2
The Road to the BWC Review Conference At the General Assembly’s First Committee meeting in October 2022, Russia claimed its questions about “military and biological…
May 17, 2023
- Dialogues
The Neglected Historical Origins of Global Economic Governance: A Conversation with Jamie Martin
GJIA: How did you come about writing your book, The Meddlers? JM: The fundamental question posed by The Meddlers, as I began research on it, was how did the international…
May 3, 2023
- Conflict & Security
Engagement, not Entanglement: India’s Relationship with the Quad
Understanding the Quad As the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific continue to dominate global headlines, discussions on the Quad remain rife. The concept of the Quad was sown in a…
May 1, 2023
- Global Governance
Latin America’s Values and the Viability of CELAC
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was established to give a unitary voice to the continent but has instead become a mirror of its divisions. Once…
April 18, 2023
- Human Rights & Development
Routine Observance of Human Rights in Shadow of an Unresolved Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh: External vs. Internal Locus of Responsibility
Human Rights in a De Facto State: The Locus of Responsibility The Second Karabakh War of 2020 not only shifted the geopolitical balance in the South Caucasus but also created a…
April 6, 2023