Tag: Regimes & Governance
240 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
The “Anti-Corruption Drive” in Bangladesh: Where is it Going?
The so-called anti-corruption drive was initially received with excitement and great enthusiasm in the media and in public discourse. However, in the past month, it has become…
December 16, 2019
- Global Governance
The Different Levels of Geopolitics of the Arctic
Fortunately, with more attention comes more comprehensive knowledge as well. Several scholars have now debunked the notion of “resource wars” in the North, due to the sheer…
December 5, 2019
- Conflict & Security
False Positives in Thai Counterinsurgency
The insurgency began in January 2004. It currently involves three-and-a-half Muslim-Malay majority provinces in southern Thailand and has exacted a heavy human cost—roughly 7…
November 15, 2019
- Conflict & Security
False Positives in Thai Counterinsurgency
The insurgency began in January 2004. It currently involves three-and-a-half Muslim-Malay majority provinces in southern Thailand and has exacted a heavy human cost—roughly 7…
November 15, 2019
- Human Rights & Development
Climate Change, Carbon Politics, and Kenya’s Democratic Future
Nigeria is the quintessential example of the destructive impacts of oil. In the 1950s, vast oil reserves were discovered in the Niger Delta, one of the planet’s most precious…
October 8, 2019
- Global Governance
A Transition from Above or From Below in Venezuela?
Existing scholarly research suggests that a lack of prominent pro-government political moderates makes a transition from above unlikely. Instead, re-democratization depends on…
August 30, 2019
- Global Governance
The United States Must be on the Side of Democracy in Southeast Asia
Faced with the challenge of backsliding democracy in Southeast Asia, the United States must make sure that democracy and human rights are at the heart of its policies in the…
May 21, 2019
- Business & Economics
The Battle of Ideas in the Question for Wealth and Prosperity in Brazil: Policy Proposals of a Right-Wing Government
For many, Guedes’s policy proposals to lift Brazil from a decade of mediocre economic performance are nothing more than a laundry-list of neoliberal policies. In the 1980s and…
May 17, 2019
- Society & Culture
The Struggle of the Indigenous Population in Contemporary Brazil
But the decisive step was taken by the Constitution of 1988, in which Article 231 establishes that the Indians’ “original rights” (“direitos originários”) to the lands…
May 8, 2019
- Global Governance
A New Level of Aggressiveness: Recent Changes of Taiwan Policy
In his speech, Xi reiterated China’s fundamental objective of “peaceful unification” with Taiwan. However, the emphasis of this phrase seems to have shifted from …
May 6, 2019