The ambitious multidimensional UN peace operations of the early post-Cold War decades are over, supplanted by bare bones, securitized efforts that give short shrift to liberal goals of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
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Portraying the world as multipolar belies the complexity, significance, and extent of recent changes and could have disastrous policy consequence. In a multi-order world, relationships within orders are as important as relations between orders.
Trine Flockhart
A new risk assessment framework drawing on robust theory and empirical evidence from cognitive anthropology, social psychology, and linguistics.
Julia Ebner, Harvey Whitehouse
Patterns in Beijing’s multilateral priorities suggest what a growing Chinese footprint may portend for the future of the UN.
Rosemary Foot, Sebastian Haug
Modern governments partly derive legitimacy from the ability to foresee, assess, and address threats – from ‘natural’ to social/political, as well as their intersection.
Jana Bacevic
Ideas about the ‘decline’ of nations, empires, and cultures, grounded in the narrative of ancient history, pervade contemporary discussions of global politics.
Neville Morley, Roland Steinacher
