Tag: Regimes & Governance
242 Articles
- Dialogues
Liberia: A Model for Africa
GJIA: In Liberia, as a government minister and as a private citizen, you have lived and served under authoritarian rulers such as Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor. Many outsiders…
April 12, 2018
- Global Governance
Kenyan Democracy and the Rule of Law
On August 8, 2017, Kenyans went to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament, and officials for the country’s various subnational political jurisdictions. The country…
March 28, 2018
- Dialogues
Costa Rica: Towards a Sustainable Future with Román Macaya Hayes
GJIA: What are some significant ways in which Costa Rica has changed in the past decade? RMH: To begin with, we have accelerated our economic transformation to an economy in…
March 16, 2018
- Conflict & Security
The Seven Capacities of States: a Meta-Geopolitical Framework
Taken together, these two observations prompt the development of what I have previously referred to as Neo-Statecraft, of which Meta-geopolitics forms a key component. Distinct…
March 8, 2018
- Human Rights & Development
The Dark Side of Chinese Modernization
The 2017 annual Human Rights Watch Report on China finds that “the outlook for fundamental human rights, including freedoms of expression, assembly, association, and religion,…
March 2, 2018
- Business & Economics
Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil
So far, the success of domestic Tajik policies and international assistance has been minimal. Trafficking is a product of numerous complex factors, including large-scale opium…
March 1, 2018
- Dialogues
The Future of Belize-U.S. Relations with Ambassador H.E. Daniel Gutierez
GJIA: Last year, Belize’s vote for the UN resolution condemning the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel raised some concerns that this move would…
February 23, 2018
- Global Governance
Australia’s Election to the UN Human Rights Council
Australia’s goals on the UNHRC Australia’s campaign for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council began like any other, with a laundry list of promises and arguments in favor of…
December 8, 2017
- Global Governance
What’s Going on in Catalonia?
On the day of the referendum, the Spanish authorities could not thwart large-scale turnout, despite the use of police force. On 6 October, the Catalan government announced that 2…
December 5, 2017
- Global Governance
Baghdad Confronts Iraqi Kurdistan over Independence and Kirkuk
Both sides share responsibility for the instability and the quarreling. On the one hand, by including the disputed territory of Kirkuk in the referendum and declaring it Kurdish…
November 28, 2017