How Well-meaning Donors Create the UN Machinery They Don’t Like
While states have been increasing financial support to the UN, their shift towards voluntary contributions adds more fuel to the fire of UN bureaucracy that they dislike.
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Building Trust in NGOs
Focusing on authenticity and values will not work if NGOs continue to have scandals. There is always a measure of observation and reflection involved in perceptions of trustworthiness.
China’s Economic Multilateral Diplomacy
China seeks its moment of inclusion globally. Simultaneously, it seeks not just inclusivity but centrality within alternative forms of international organisation.
Student Feature – Introduction to International Governmental Organisations
An international governmental organisation (IGO) is an organisation with a membership of only states. It is usually founded upon a treaty, or a multilateral agreement.
International Organisations
The growth of international organisations, particularly in the twentieth century when the concept of global governance came of age, means that nearly every aspect of life is regulated in some way at the global level.
Interview – Abi Williams
Dr. Abi Williams discusses the role of think tanks in international affairs, the future of multilateral institutions, UN reform and international courts and tribunals.
Teaching International Organizations as Bureaucracies
It can only be a good thing if students learn about the power inherent in definitions, and can reflect on the normative problems arising from these definitions.
Review – The Personal and the Professional in Aid Work
Fechter’s edited collection takes issue with the absence of the personal from the debate on aid work, yet fails to consider what giving more space to the personal means.
Silencing a Supranational Court: The Rise and Fall of the SADC Tribunal
Why did South Africa, a progressive democratic state that claims respect for human rights and rule of law collude with the autocratic Zimbabwean government in stifling the SADC Tribunal?
Sri Lanka’s Attitude to International Threatening: The Upcoming UPR
The upcoming Sri Lankan Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is due to start this November in Geneva. This UPR session will be an important test for the Sri Lankan authorities.
The Politics of Justice: The International Criminal Court Prosecutor seeks a Warrant
There is some irony in the criticism of ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo for issuing his request for a warrant of arrest for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) was previously criticised for moving too slowly and for not targeting high levels of the government. How sensitive to a politics of consequence, then, should the Prosecutor be?
