Tag: Multilateral Institutions & Agreements

188 Articles

Society & Culture

Questioning the Debt-Trap Diplomacy Rhetoric surrounding Hambantota Port

The lease of Hambantota Port to China has become the most oft-used example of China’s debt-trap diplomacy. It has also become a cautionary tale for countries that have joinedâ€â€¦

June 5, 2021

Dialogues

Danielle Pletka on Biden’s Decision to Withdraw from Afghanistan

GJIA: On April 14, 2021, Biden announced his plans to withdraw all remaining troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. One of the notable features of the reaction in the…

May 25, 2021

Dialogues

Dr. Yasmine Farouk on Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy

GJIA: What are Saudi Arabia’s current regional priorities in regard to foreign policy? YF: The first priority right now on the Saudi agenda is to end their war in Yemen because…

May 24, 2021

Society & Culture

Mapuche Movements in Chile: From Resistance to Political Recognition

Introduction Since the creation of nation-states, indigenous peoples have been forced to assume roles assigned to them by Western society. However, in the last decades,…

May 21, 2021

Business & Economics

The Trials and Tribulations of Big Tech in the US-China Relationship

September 20, 2020, was the deadline for transactions by Tencent’s WeChat and ByteDance’s TikTok to cease operations within the United States set by the Trump administration.…

May 20, 2021

Global Governance

COVID-19 and Organized Crime: the Politics of Illicit Markets, States, and the Pandemic

COVID-19 is challenging state capacity in Latin America as political leaders scramble to stem the rate of infection and vaccinate their populations in a region that is among the…

May 19, 2021

Dialogues

Professor Robert Beckman on the Role of UNCLOS in Maritime Disputes

GJIA: Could you briefly outline the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and explain why it is significant in the handling of maritime disputes, especially…

May 6, 2021

Global Governance

Hungary’s Transformation and the Complicity of the EU

Hungary has received international attention in the last decade for being the first Member State of the European Union (EU) and the forerunner of democratic transition in East…

April 11, 2021

Business & Economics

Rethinking Global Vaccine Inequality: Lessons from Game Theory

The distribution gap for COVID-19 vaccines between wealthy and poor countries is widening. High-income countries, which account for fourteen percent of the global population,…

April 10, 2021

Global Governance

Reversing Course on Western Sahara Serves US National Interests

This pattern is most profound in former President Trump’s last foreign policy act: a tweet in which he recognized Morocco’s claim of alleged sovereignty over occupied Western…

March 29, 2021