Essays Archive

29 November 2011
In 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton earned the support of millions by running for President of the United States. In 2009 she surprised the world by going to work for her former rival…
19 November 2011
Climate change continues to be one of the most important global issues confronting the international community. Yet in developing countries, climate change is poorly covered by…
28 October 2011
The absence of a global regime to prevent and mitigate financial crises and a reluctance to resort to the International Monetary Fund for assistance has led emerging market and…
28 September 2011
The intellectual and practical response to the worldwide financial and economic crisis of 2007-2009 as well as to the subsequent slump has exposed the poverty of prevailing ideas…
27 September 2011
In our previous article published on the day of Mubarak’s fall in February, we argued that the emerging Arab Spring overlapped with 1989 in important ways. We wrote that the…
23 September 2011
This paper aims to look at the different elements that need to be considered in reframing international regulatory principles. To do so the paper compares the original regulatory…
29 June 2011
The Google Books Library Project is one of the most prominent ventures in today’s knowledge-based economy which exemplifies the lack of a widely accepted system of global…
19 May 2011
The Libyan fracas has been a major wakeup call for those hoping that a High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, an External Action Service, and ‘rapid reaction…
17 February 2011
An extraordinary wave of upheaval is beginning to sweep across the Arab world, with the potential to transform the political order in the Middle East. Mohamed Bouazizi’s…
17 February 2011
The debate on what, if anything might replace the MDGs in 2015 is starting to emerge. One might imagine three stylized options – more of the same, something that builds on…