Member Articles

This piece analyzes the repercussions of recent laws passed by China’s National People’s Congress concerning Hong Kong on global power dynamics and the future of Chinese international relations within what has long been a liberal world order.

Nations have battled one another for strategic advantage in space for decades. As the space arms race escalates, actual fighting looks more likely.

This article reflects on the paucity of effective global health leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and purposes the need for reforming and strengthening the concept of global health security and the structure of global health governance.

Although more people throughout the Horn of Africa are crossing borders in search of improved environmental conditions, national, regional, and international laws have not evolved to provide these climate refugees with essential legal protections.

This piece uses self-reported data regarding coronavirus-related deaths and Freedom House metrics to better understand what kind of relationship, if any, exists between a country’s regime type and the quality of its response to COVID-19.

In comparing COVID-19 with pandemics of recent and distant history, this piece assesses institutional weaknesses that exasperated the damage wrought by the virus and presents policy innovations for improving global healthcare governance.

Syria is in a poor position to confront COVID-19. This argues that Europeans should prioritize helping fight the pandemic in all areas of Syria and re-engage in diplomacy aimed at conflict settlement and the prevention of military escalation among involve

This policy brief analyzes the legal frameworks envisioned by the African Mining Vision and stresses the importance of good governance in employing Africa’s mineral wealth to promote integrated and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty.

Swift positions taken by the AU could be stymied by ongoing conflicts, funding shortfalls, and border closures.

As long as COVID-19 is a global concern, many aspects of daily life will be mediated by platform companies that see human interactions as content to be moderated, and as sources of data to be monetized