International Relations
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A Friend and Foe Teach Us How Not to Handle Venezuela
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Imagine going to the doctor’s office and receiving a diagnosis of a critical condition that required surgery. As you go to schedule the surgery the nurse hands you a list of supplies you will need to bring for the surgery. You will need to provide gloves, mask, scalpels, stitches, and…
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How Do Electoral Gender Quotas Impact Government Spending?
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Over the past few decades, an increasing number of countries have established gender quotas for elected positions. Typically, these quotas are enacted to address underrepresentation of women in political offices. According to data collected by the United Nations (UN), women represented just “22.8 percent of all national parliamentarians” in June…
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NATO Needs to Rethink Its Enlargement Strategy
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NATO should alter its current enlargement policy by infusing it with geopolitical rationales. This means downgrading the transformative and democratization elements of enlargement and, instead, focusing on how candidate countries add to NATO’s capabilities and impact overall alliance security.
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Beyond “soft” issues: The Women’s Caucus of Kosovo speaks up
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Ms. Teuta Sahatqija is President of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus, comprised of female members of Parliament from all parties promoting effective representation of women in Kosovo society. She is First Vice President of the Committee on Economic Development, Infrastructure, Trade and Industry and Vice President of the Democratic League of…
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Nobel Peace Prize Shines International Spotlight on Chemical Weapons
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A look at one of the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize winners and why its previously unsung efforts to rid the world of chemical weapons are more critical than ever.
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Alone And Unafraid?
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Reevaluating United States policy toward international maritime law to protect long-term national interests