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India: Driving the Global Superhighway

Teresita Schaffer

The Director of the South Asia Program (Center for Strategic and International Studies) discusses India's multilateral diplomacy and its role in the international stage.Read Article

Sovereignty, Multilateralism, and Reform: International Cooperation in the Post-Crisis World

Kemal Dervis

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The Abusers' Reaction: Intensifying Attacks on Human Rights Defenders, Organizations, and Institutions

Kenneth Roth

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National History and Universal Values: Prioritizing Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy

John McCain

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Weighing the Scales: The Internet's Effect On State-Society Relations

Daniel Drezner

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Piracy Off the Horn of Africa

Peter Chalk

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Financial Oligarchy and the Crisis

Simon Johnson

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Senator John McCain argues that the U.S. should act as the universal promoter of human rights; Kenneth Roth questions efficacy of international institutions in combating human rights abuses across the globe.

Internet and the State
Daniel Drezner explains how the internet has redefined the link between a state and its subjects; Gabriel Weimann illustrates how terrorism has become an expanding enterprise on the global political landscape; James Lewis argues that the unfettered domain of the internet challenges conventional notions of sovereignty; M.I. Franklin discusses the increasing quandaries policymakers face in the lawless, non-hierarchical world wide web.

Peter Chalk traces the recent growth of piracy around the Horn of Africa and its implications for maritime commerce; James Kraska examines piracy through an economic lens; Jan Hoffman illustrates the impact of the financial crisis on the global shipping industry; James Carlton illuminates the environmental effects of shipping on marine ecosystems; James Corbett and James Winebrake analyze how international institutions and governments must respond to shipping emissions.

Simon Johnson explains how the regulatory system has found itself dominated by narrow economic interests; Beatrice Weer di Mauro and Ulrich Klüh put forward a range of proposals that are necessary in order to prevent a future collapse of the European financial architecture; Andrew K. Rose describes the damage inflicted on the global economy by the crisis and predicts the economy's path to recovery.

Kemal Dervis explains the need for international institutions to respond to challenges emerging economies may face; Graciana del Castillo's analysis of the current situation in Afghanistan raises important questions about the implications of international intervention and the future of this unstable region; Teresita Schaffer explores India's future as a burgeoning political power.