Tag: Regimes & Governance
236 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Toward a Stable Day After in Lebanon
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to end Lebanon’s “suffering” and “destruction,” promising to “get it done properly so it doesn’t repeat itself every 5 or 10!…
January 7, 2025
- Human Rights & Development
The Disproportionate Reservation Practice and the Fall of Hasina in Bangladesh
The 2024 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement is rooted in the government’s quota-based employment system, which disproportionately favors descendants of freedom fighters from the…
December 30, 2024
- Conflict & Security
The Amazon as a State Matter: Exploring the Role of Military in Forest Governance
The rise in environmental crimes in the Brazilian Amazon reflects the growing scale of transnational groups conducting illegal resource exploitation. Their schemes are sensitive…
November 12, 2024
- Society & Culture
From Deng to Xi, China’s Foreign Policy Identity Has Been Consistent
Despite claims that Xi Jinping’s leadership has adopted a more aggressive foreign policy driven by nationalism, the effect of national identity on Chinese foreign policy has…
October 10, 2024
- Business & Economics
Illuminating Nigeria: Blurring the Lines Between the Grid and Off-Grid Electricity
With less than six years to the target date of the United Nations’ Seventh Sustainable Development Goal, which focuses on achieving universal access to clean energy, over 86…
August 7, 2024
- Human Rights & Development
Early Marriage in Romani Communities: Looking Beyond Tradition
The Romani “tradition” of early marriage is not just a quaint custom. Human rights activists emphasize that it is a cover for a profound issue of segregation and…
July 15, 2024
- Global Governance
Doha Conference and Perspectives on UN Peace Efforts for Afghanistan
Introduction In August 2021, the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s government and formed an interim administration. However, political conflicts continued between the Taliban…
June 29, 2024
- Global Governance
What Can Indonesia Learn from Qatar’s Experience in Mediating Conflicts in the Middle East?
Introduction As a small wealthy country flanked by two regional powers harboring mutual suspicion (Saudi Arabia and Iran), Qatar is attempting to assert itself as a force to be…
April 29, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Factoring Ethnicity in Taliban’s Quest for Legitimacy: An Anthropological Rewiring of the Power Structure
Introduction Security, stability, and prosperity in Afghanistan are essential for the region’s economy. The large-scale economic initiatives that run through Afghanistan,…
April 17, 2024
- Conflict & Security
Understanding Africa’s Coups
Military coups in Niger and Gabon in 2023 sharpened the world’s focus on the fragility of rule of law in Africa. There have been nine successful military coups on the continent…
April 13, 2024