Inside the Mind of a Veteran South Korean Diplomat
…the respective presidents and defense ministers. The Combined Forces Command exercises only military operational authority within the parameters set by those civilian leaders. Decoupling is a political phenomenon, not a…
Evolution of the protection of civilians in UN peacekeeping
…of contention, including the role of the Security Council, managing host state consent, addressing performance and accountability, and identifying the potential limits of UN peacekeeping. Additionally, the report explores the…
Pakistan’s F-16s: Finding a Fair Price
…sale of F-16s to Pakistan, a dual-capable aircraft suitable for conventional and nuclear missions, has been a point of contention. In 1995, Congress considered the release of F-16s whose delivery was stopped…
A Breakthrough in Cooperation on the Nile?
…respective rights to the river’s vital waters. Yet until the specifics are hammered out in more detail, the future sustainability of this contentious basin remains unclear. The framework declaration, signed…
Global Economic Governance and Averting Financial Crises
…to be able to answer this question. It was noted that it is possible that the MDGs have had minimal impact on the outcomes of the past 15 years but…
2022 Arms Trade Treaty Annual Reporting
…first section examines the number of reports submitted over the past year and their implications for reporting compliance. The second section discusses the content and public availability of 2022 annual…
The Challenges Facing the New NAFTA Negotiation
…not rule out demanding a sub-requirement of U.S. content within a larger North American percentage, but neither does it say explicitly that is what they will seek. Doing so would…
Russia Futures
…https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/cid/files/publications/faculty-working-papers/233.pdf. has shown that “countries with oil, mineral or other natural resource wealth, on average, have failed to show better economic performance than those without.” Indeed, overreliance on commodities has…