Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements

191 Articles

Global Governance

The Collective Security Treaty Organization: A Lifeless, Shambling ‘Alliance’

What is the CSTO? The CSTO is a military alliance that brings together six post-Soviet countries into a mutual security pact. It originated out of the collapse of the Soviet,…

March 4, 2024

Global Governance

Afghanistan’s Truncated Capacity to Respond to Natural Disasters: Isn’t it Time for the International Community to Step In?

The Disaster-Stricken Country A series of earthquakes in October 2023 in the Zinda Jan and Ghorian districts of Afghanistan’s western Herat province—with one reaching 6.3 on…

February 19, 2024

Conflict & Security

Peacekeepers and Political Stability in Somalia

Somalia’s War on al-Shabaab Somalia is in the midst of an ongoing war against al-Shabaab, a militant group whose stated objective is to eject all foreign forces and replace the…

February 12, 2024

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