Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements
192 Articles
- Global Governance
Arriving at a Crossroads: Can Europe Avoid Replaying the Policy Failures of the 2014-16 Migration Crisis?
Less than a decade after what has become known as the 2014-2016 European migration crisis, the European Union (EU) is once again facing a migration emergency. In 2023, more than…
March 21, 2024
- 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