Non-State Actors / IGOs

Legitimacy and the US-led Invasion of Iraq

Camille Mulcaire • Oct 17 2014 • Essays

The existence of legitimate norms & principles within international society did, in fact, exert influence over the US’ behaviour in its 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Does Free Trade Undermine International Rules Protecting the Environment?

Monica Mylordou • Sep 24 2014 • Essays

The WTO undermines international environmental rules. Yet, the WTO’s decisions comply with the mandates for which it operates which do not cover environmental protection.

Lessons for Sustainable Development from the UN’s Global Desertification Regime

David Benson and Lei Xie • Jul 26 2014 • Essays

There is significant potential to link the global regimes for climate, biodiversity, trade, and water, in order to facilitate a broader sustainable development agenda.

Victim-Politics and Post-Conflict Foreign Policy in Rwanda and Sri Lanka

Kithmina Hewage • Jul 24 2014 • Essays

Sri Lanka and Rwanda elicit a sense of victimhood upon which their respective foreign policies have been built.

Nigeria’s “Resource Curse”: Oil as Impediment to True Federalism

Vanessa Ko • Jul 20 2014 • Essays

Whilst Nigeria’s history of colonialism can partly explain the difficulties of achieving a functioning federalism, its ‘resource course’ is also a significant hindrance.

The ICC and Africa: Complementarity, Transitional Justice, and the Rule of Law

Thomas M. Dunn • Jul 12 2014 • Essays

The absence of preemptive and positive complementarity in the ICC’s proceedings is the largest obstacle to creating a lasting benefit for African state judicial systems.

The Economy is Organic: Reclaiming the Post-Crisis Development Agenda

Floriane Borel • Jul 11 2014 • Essays

To correctly assess contemporary reevaluations of development theory, we must understand its origins and their effect on how the global community views development today.

Global Governance and the Democratic Aspect of Cross-Border Communications

Stefanie Kam • Jul 4 2014 • Essays

The technological intensification of the communication channels across the globe will trigger the need for governing the democratic aspect of cross-border communications.

Christian Traditional Values Prefiguring the Development of Human Rights

Daniel Golebiewski • Jul 3 2014 • Essays

The global expression of human rights found in the UDHR contains an implicit touch of Christian values.

UN Peacekeeping: Bangladesh, India and Pakistan’s Troop Contributions

Priscilla Cabuyao • Jun 18 2014 • Essays

From a realist perspective, the impressive devotion of top-troop contributors to UN Peacekeeping is rooted in several political, professional, and economic motivations.

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