Tag: Regimes & Governance
240 Articles
- Science & Technology
Responding to Water Vulnerabilities at Home and Abroad
Affordability is one of the most subjective measures used by water regulators and utility managers charged with providing household drinking water. In the United States, for…
April 14, 2020
- Global Governance
Tropical Forests and Climate Change Mitigation: The Decisive Role of Environmental Governance
In terms of deforestation control, Brazil’s trajectory in the last two decades is a good example. Five countries around the world (Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
March 20, 2020
- Student Review
A Review of “Region-Making and Cross-Border Cooperation: New Evidence from Four Continents” by Elisabetta Nadalutti and Otto Kallscheuer
The below seeks to give the flavor of Nadalutti and Kallscheuer’s argument, as any justified account of their work can only be achieved by reading the book in full. They…
March 13, 2020
- Society & Culture
The Ties that Bind: Tribes and Borders in the Gulf
The non-ruling Dawasir tribe, for instance, helped determine the “line in the sea” between Bahrain and Qatar. Eighty years ago, the broken boat of a Dawasir tribesman was…
February 28, 2020
- Business & Economics
The Political Economy of Venezuela and PDVSA
In total, there have only ever been fifty-eight hyperinflations worldwide, and Venezuela is the only country in the world currently experiencing hyperinflation. On January 1,,…
February 26, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
Building a Multi-Directional Transnational Solidarity Movement
Within this predominant relationship, the colonial mindset continues to influence our understanding of who needs help, who is responsible for the conditions of those in need, and…
February 13, 2020
- Forum
What Can FEMA Learn from the Historic 2017 Hurricane and Wildfire Seasons?
One of the crucial lessons that has emerged from 2017 is that FEMA cannot, on its own, bring about recovery after a disaster strikes. However, FEMA can offer resources that will…
January 28, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Nationalist Underpinnings of Turkey’s Damaging “Kurdish” Policy
Nationalist histories are deliberate and ideological narrations of joys, fears, and hopes that a collective shares. They are deliberate because, as Benedict Anderson put it,…
January 27, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: Positive Evolution or More of the Same?
While the Army has not eschewed intervening in domestic politics in recent years, it has cooperated more with Islamabad’s civilian leadership. Knowledgeable observers believe…
January 24, 2020
- Conflict & Security
Towards a New Endgame in Venezuela
Latin America entered this decade with high hopes: strong economic growth promised to propel much of the region ahead into prosperity. Many Latin American countries made…
December 18, 2019