Global Governance articles from April 2005

Global Governance archives from April 2005

International taxation alternatives and global governance.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS)
April 1, 2005... In New York on 20 September 2004, world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the global fight against poverty and hunger at the Summit for Action Against Hunger and Poverty and endorsed the campaign to gather necessary funds through both...

Operationalizing the responsibility to protect--the policekeeping approach.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS)
April 1, 2005... At the battle of Solferino, Henri Dunant was so appalled by the loss of life that he founded what became the International Red Cross movement to mitigate the most barbaric effects of modern warfare. His concept was that an agreement between...

Mandates matter: an exploration of impartiality in united nations operations.
April 1, 2005... The idea of UN impartiality has long been assumed as a characteristic of certain UN military operations but has never been explored. I argue that the impartiality of a UN mandate needs to be considered separately from the impartiality of the...

Neo-humanitarianism: the role of international humanitarian norms and organizations in contemporary conflict.
April 1, 2005... The circumstances and nature of humanitarianism have changed in recent years. The traditional ideals of neutrality, impartiality, and independence have become myth. Rather than being at the margins of conflict, humanitarianism is now e mbedded...

Human security: a challenge to international law?
April 1, 2005... The concept of human security, which emerged in the 1994 UNDP Development Report, is on its way to changing the practice and institutions of global governance. The underlying issues of human security--a focus on the individual, the waning of...

Postconflict profit: the political economy of intervention.
April 1, 2005... Whereas the various forms of international political involvement are generally predictable after a decade of UN peace operations. In comparison, the various elements involved in economic reconstruction are rarely examined. The economic...

Managing the global problems created by the conventional arms trade: an assessment of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.
April 1, 2005... One of the first global security problems to emerge in the post-Cold War period was the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of conventional weapons. The only truly global instrument to emerge to cope with this was the United Nations...

Terrifying thoughts: power, order, and terror after 9/11.
April 1, 2005... The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had a profound effect on the Bush administration's foreign policy. This review essay examines a set of books and documents that illuminate the dominant U.S. threat perceptions in the post-September...