Non-State Actors / IGOs

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.

Climate Change Politics Through a Constructivist Prism

Tim Pfefferle • Jun 18 2014 • Essays

Constructivism captures the political nature of the climate change issue and is able to put it in its respective historical and social context.

Critical Approaches to the Functions of International Institutions

Ben Holihead • Jun 13 2014 • Essays

Critical approaches can not only identify the flaws of neoliberalism but also possible contradictions between neoliberalism as a concept and how institutions perceive it.

Should we Rebuild ‘Failed States’ or ‘Let Them Fail’?

Michael Williams • Jun 8 2014 • Essays

The practice of rebuilding ‘failed’ or ‘failing’ states is ethically problematic. It overlooks human security and is too focused on Western institutional standards.

What are the Challenges Facing Global Energy Governance?

Sebastian Mang • Jun 7 2014 • Essays

While global energy governance is fragmented, the international community is striving for more cooperation with emerging consumer economies and producing economies.

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