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All items tagged sovereigntyOpen Think Tank ArticlesApril 8, 2012 | Democratic Legitimacy and Effective Sharing, the Key for Smart DefenseJonathan Dowdall: Smart Defense cannot succeed with good PR alone. Diminishing military sovereignty in Smart Defense must be accepted by NATO. Real democratic debate and focus on existing “best practice” mechanisms is needed. ... MoreMarch 15, 2012 | Multinational Conflict ManagementDave Roddenberry: Sovereignty is a multi-use concept with a seemingly unending supply of definitions. It is also in an apparent logical conflict with the idea of interstate cooperation. Yet, for centuries states have sought to collaborate across a number of fields, though perhaps none more so than that of security. ... MoreFebruary 1, 2012 | A New Approach to 21st Century GovernanceAshley Diane Herzovi: The United Nations should repurpose the Trusteeship Council to oversee states with long-term issues of self-governance due to conflict that are thus unable to provide basic human necessities to their constituents. This action would allow the UN to contribute to long-term governance solutions. ... MoreDecember 6, 2011 | General Abrial's Answers: Part 1 - Smart DefenseEditorial Team: General Stéphane Abrial has responded to your questions and policy recommendations! In this first of two installments, the general tackles questions on the ideas, implementation, and transparency of “Smart Defense”. He also offers his thoughts on a recent Atlantic Memo. ... MoreAugust 2, 2010 | Humanitarian Intervention and the Prohibition on the Use of ForceMaya Todorova Stanulova: Humanitarian intervention, although not yet an exception to the prohibition on the use of force in Article 2(4), is steadily transforming into such. ... MoreMarch 10, 2010 | Taking the Temperature of Arctic GovernanceEditorial Team: The Arctic region tops the agenda at atlantic-community.org for the next week. As the melting ice cap reveals unprecedented commercial and resource exploiting opportunities, we invite our members to reflect on and debate how to make the fight against climate change prevail over states’ interests and consider the need for transatlantic leadership in Arctic governance. ... MoreDecember 4, 2009 | Frankenstein's Monster and the Law of the Eternal CompromiseAndré Budick: The EU is often criticized for its apparent deficit in formulating a coherent foreign and security policy. Yet, that ‘deficit’ really lies at the heart of the EU’s identity as a transnational entity, outside the norms of conventional thinking on International Relations. ... MoreSeptember 1, 2008 | End the Isolation of Secessionist MovementsJudy Fu: The situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia is a reflection of the sorry state of affairs for millions of people living under unrecognized de facto government or in secessionist territories. There are important lessons to be learned here in the need to engage non-state actors. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesJuly 8, 2011 | New Nation Laden with Old ConflictsSouth Sudan will celebrate its independence as the world’s newest nation Saturday. ++ But after the confetti drops, it will immediately become one of its most underdeveloped countries. A fifty-year civil war with the north has killed millions, and ongoing skirmishes in border regions threaten to weaken the new state. ++ Despite deep hatreds between south and north, though, there are also ... MoreCommentsFebruary 9, 2012 | Traditionalist views of sovereignty are key...September 23, 2008 | There has been an old idea by Thomas Knorr... |
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