Opinion – Challenges for Oman’s New Sultan
The challenges of unemployment and human rights, coupled with recent successes in the international arena, will shape the politics of the new Sultan.
Opinion – Iranian Soft Power in a Post Soleimani Era
The anti-regime protests may begin to undermine the spread of Iranian soft power and also lead to political and social change for the Iranian people.
Interview – Courtney J. Fung
Courtney Fung discusses change and the drivers of change in the state system, China’s role in the UN and internationally, as well as China’s goals compared to India’s.
Review – Capital et idéologie
An impressive tome that seeks to explain the legitimizing ideologies which are used to justify the unequal distribution of wealth and income both historically and today.
Trump’s US-China Trade War and America’s International Place
If the MAGA doctrine results in introversion in America, it may find itself a nation with a great future behind it.
Climate Ideas as Drivers of Pacific Islands’ Regional Politics and Cooperation
An ideational approach to regional politics can better inform how climate ideas have shaped the Pacific Islands in driving their regional agenda.
#ElParoNoPara: Peace, Protests, and Performances of Solidarity in Colombia
Colombia’s historic, ongoing protests along with systematic structural violence and positive peace continues to impact the 2016 peace accords and transitional justice.
Diffusion Across International Organizations
Growing organizational density in global governance and rising challenges from stakeholders push IOs to adopt similar institutional designs, policies, and norms.
Climate Change and the Sinking Island States in the Pacific
Small island nations are exposed to multi-dimensional climate crises such as ocean level rise, flooding, coastal erosion, inundation of agricultural lands, drying up of drinking water and sea acidification, which endangers fish life and stock.
Reinforcing Environmental Degradation With Market-Based Sustainability Schemes
In order to change the capitalist culture that causes mass consumerism, we need environmental initiatives that do not reinforce the problematic consumer culture.
