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1382. The Intersection of HADR and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
- Author:
- Kelsey Broderick
- Publication Date:
- 02-2015
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Project 2049 Institute
- Abstract:
- HADR exercises have traditionally been aimed at responding to and preparing for natural disasters. But ultimately, the purpose of HADR is to provide assistance to those in dire need of help after a crisis, whether it is natural or manmade. More than 6,000 trafficked people floating in the ocean without access to food and water arguably constitutes just such a crisis. ASEAN, with support from the U.S. Navy, would have been well positioned to put their HADR exercises into practice to assist the victims, as they were required to under international law.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
1383. Foreign Fighters
- Author:
- The Soufan Group
- Publication Date:
- 01-2015
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Soufan Group
- Abstract:
- In June 2014, The Soufan Group (TSG) released its initial Foreign Fighters in Syria report, which identified approximately 12,000 foreign fighters from 81 countries. Nearly eighteen months later, despite sustained international effort to contain the Islamic State and stem the flow of militants traveling to Syria, the number of foreign fighters has more than doubled. Based on its own investigation, TSG has calculated that between 27,000 and 31,000 people have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State and other violent Salafist groups from at least 86 countries. This increase is evidence that efforts to contain the flow of foreign recruits to the Islamic State and other extremist groups in Syria have had limited impact
- Topic:
- Intelligence and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
1384. Corruption Risk Assessment in the Security Sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Author:
- Armin Kržalić
- Publication Date:
- 11-2015
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Centre for Security Studies
- Abstract:
- Corruption risk assessment in the security sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the original work of authorship by a research team of the Centre for Security Studies which consisted of Denis Hadžović, project manager, Alma Kovačević, project coordinator, Aida Kržalić, project assistant, and surveyors Mirela Hodović, Emsad Dizdarević, Sabrina Berberović–Tadić and Sanjin Hamidičević. The assessment is one of the results of the „Mapping Corruption Risks in the Security Sector“ project which the CSS implemented during the period between December 2013 and August 2015. The Project was funded by the European Union.
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
1385. The Long Road to Tehran: The Iran Nuclear Deal in Perspective
- Author:
- Brian Gibson
- Publication Date:
- 01-2015
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- LSE IDEAS
- Abstract:
- This Strategic Update traces the story of this major diplomatic breakthrough, through the historical context of long term US-Iran relations and the tireless international effort to prevent domestic political crises from derailing the negotiations.
- Topic:
- International Political Economy and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
1386. Letting Lotus Bloom
- Author:
- Ann Hertogen
- Publication Date:
- 10-2015
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Abstract:
- In an increasingly interdependent world, state sovereignty is inherently limited in order to protect the equal sovereignty of other states. However, identifying the precise constraints on states is a different and far more difficult question. The traditional answer is found in the Lotus principle, which consecrates a freedom to act unless explicitly prohibited by international law. The principle has rightly come under attack because of its incompatibility with the needs of a modern international community. This is usually followed by calls to disregard the precedential value of the Permanent Court of International Justice’s Lotus judgment on which it is based. This article defends the Lotus judgment but argues that the principle is the wrong reading of the majority opinion and that it fails to create the right conditions for interstate co-existence and cooperation, the twin goals of international law identified by the majority. The article then examines the meaning of ‘co-existence’ for contemporary international law and weighs the principle of ‘locality’ as an additional criterion that ought to be considered when resolving conflicting claims of jurisdiction.
- Topic:
- International Law, Sovereignty, International Affairs, and Courts
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Turkey, and France
1387. The Showdown That Wasn't: U.S.-Israeli Relations and American Domestic Politics, 1973–75
- Author:
- Galen Jackson
- Publication Date:
- 03-2015
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- International Security
- Institution:
- Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
- Abstract:
- How influential are domestic politics on U.S. foreign affairs? With regard to Middle East policy, how important a role do ethnic lobbies, Congress, and public opinion play in influencing U.S. strategy? Answering these questions requires the use of archival records and other primary documents, which provide an undistorted view of U.S. policymakers' motivations. The Ford administration's 1975 reassessment of its approach to Arab-Israeli statecraft offers an excellent case for the examination of these issues in light of this type of historical evidence. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger decided, in large part because of the looming 1976 presidential election, to avoid a confrontation with Israel in the spring and summer of 1975 by choosing to negotiate a second disengagement agreement between Egypt and Israel rather than a comprehensive settlement. Nevertheless, domestic constraints on the White House's freedom of action were not insurmountable and, had they had no other option, Ford and Kissinger would have been willing to engage in a showdown with Israel over the Middle East conflict's most fundamental aspects. The administration's concern that a major clash with Israel might stoke an outbreak of anti-Semitism in the United States likely contributed to its decision to back down.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Regional Cooperation, International Affairs, and Domestic Politics
- Political Geography:
- United States, Israel, and Palestine
1388. In Policy in the Post Crisis Era
- Author:
- Vinod K Aggarwal
- Publication Date:
- 12-2015
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Berkeley APEC Study Center
- Abstract:
- In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007- 08, observers of international markets disagreed about the likely response of the World Trade Organization.1 Pointing to a contraction of global trade flows by 9 percent in 2009, some commentators suggested that the WTO’s rules were incapable of stemming a tide of increasing protectionism.2 Still, others cautioned that overzealous regulation of national industrial policies by the WTO would limit distressed governments’ ability to cope. Who was right?
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
1389. International Affairs
- Author:
- East View Information Services
- Publication Date:
- 12-2015
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- East View Information Services
- Abstract:
- Russian World special
- Topic:
- International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- Russia
1390. U.S. Policy in a Changing World
- Author:
- A. Kortunov and A. Frolov
- Publication Date:
- 12-2015
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- East View Information Services
- Abstract:
- The U.S. foreign policy today has fallen on hard times. The world is entering a new era with a lot of totally new challenges, including untraditional challenges that the U.S. leadership is faced with. In some instances, Washington manages to fit into ongoing processes while in others, the situation starts to follow a different scenario and then this policy, which is based on a number of important and fundamental principles, begins to founder.
- Topic:
- International Relations and International Affairs
- Political Geography:
- America