Essays Archive

16 July 2014
This brief analysis discusses the evolution of South-South cooperation and examines the current practice in this regard and the challenges facing countries of the South that wish…
16 December 2013
The way we think about human trafficking and migration is changing. Moreover, at the global, regional and national levels of policy-making, practice and advocacy, trafficking is…
14 August 2013
The civil war in Syria refocuses recent discourse about the law of war and provides an essential reminder of the law's core purposes and foundations. Perhaps more importantly…
05 August 2013
For decades the Arab Middle East was seen as resisting economic liberalization. Once it opened its doors to economic liberalization and foreign investments, the region failed to…
24 May 2013
Last year’s natural outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa alarmed global health experts because of the disease’s increasing appearance in Central and East…
15 April 2013
This essay summarizes the results of a larger study evaluating the effectiveness of OECD economic surveillance in 24 randomly selected countries. Because the OECD’s advice…
05 April 2013
We are increasingly becoming aware of a growing need for global public goods. Yet, one category of such goods, global norms, is missing from our lists, essentially because we rely…
06 March 2013
This paper seeks to highlight the historical and existing problems associated with the protection of indigenous people’s culture within the parameters of international law.…
22 January 2013
The November 2012 action of the UN General Assembly in designating Palestine’s UN observer mission as that of a state is fully justified in law. Palestine has long been a…
22 September 2012
How does a nation—or a community of nations—seeking to enhance their security, prevent the spread of nuclear weapons? Two approaches that have been contemplated and…