Dec 02, 2019
Kerryn Brent, Wil Burns, and Jeffrey McGee
CIGI
This special report weighs international law frameworks for governing marine geoengineering. The authors say a new international agreement could fill gaps in the existing patchwork of international law.
Nov 25, 2019
Paul Meyer
CIGI
Diplomacy has lagged well behind the pace of militarization of cyberspace in recent years. This breaks down ongoing UN efforts to establish norms for responsible state behavior in cyberspace.
Nov 21, 2019
Hui Ying Lee
RSIS
Small states are at risk when the international rules-based multilateral order weakens. This discusses the implications for small states in a digital age characterized by geopolitics, terrorism, and great power competition.
Nov 20, 2019
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci
IAI
The EU is facing old and new challenges, both domestic and international. This explores those challenges and finds that with multilateral cooperation in decline, addressing regional and global crises is proving more difficult.
Nov 18, 2019
James Crabtree
Chatham House
After Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidential win in Sri Lanka, following the autocratic regime governed by his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, the geopolitical landscape of South Asia is projected to move towards illiberal democracy.
Nov 14, 2019
Michael Paul
SWP
This discusses the benefits and disadvantages to the Trump administration’s approach to the Arctic and argues that the region is an arena for great powers to exert their hegemonic influence.
Nov 12, 2019
Rodrigo Delgado Méndez
COMEXI
This discusses how a lack of representation and strong political voice from emerging countries in the IMF and World Bank has proved damaging to the effectiveness of aid projects.
Nov 12, 2019
Tom Phuong Le
EAI
Despite the continuing efforts to resolve the North Korean challenge, there have been no signs that a resolution is near, and North Korea remains a global threat beyond its nuclear ambitions.
Nov 08, 2019
Robin Niblett and Gitika Bhardwaj
Chatham House
This discusses the symbolic and psychological significance of border walls throughout the past thirty years.
Oct 27, 2019
Michael Hatuel-Radoshitzky
INSS
Unless there are concrete and strong claims against cooperating with UN bodies, this paper proposes that Israel should strive to present the UN with evidence-based facts and introduce its narrative on events within the UN purview.