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Event Report: Peter Katzenstein on Civilizations in World Politics
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- February 8, 2012
On February 2, eminent international relations scholar Peter Katzenstein (of Cornell University) spoke to an overflowing CIPS audience on the theme “Beyond the West: Civilizations in World Politics”. Having edited three volumes on world civilizations and international politics, Katzenstein began by noting that this project’s raison d’être is epitomized by his undergraduate IR students’ ongoing
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Surprise en Inde : le Rafale remporte la compétition
- Analysis
- February 8, 2012
par Justin Massie Le mardi, 31 janvier 2012, le titre de Dassault Aviation s’est envolé rapidement à la bourse de Paris. Avant 17 heures, le constructeur aéronautique français gagnait près de 22% en valeur boursière. Cette hausse tient pour l’essentiel à une nouvelle importante en provenance de New Delhi. Après six ans de réflexions, l’Inde a
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WTO Resilient but Changed after Ministerial
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- February 8, 2012
This essay is excerpted from a Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Commentary, published online February 7, 2012. The recent ministerial meeting, held in Geneva in December, demonstrated that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is resilient but changed as an organization. In fact, the meeting surprised many hardened observers by producing some tangible deliverables—four new
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A New Cold War on Democracy and Human Rights at the UN Security Council and Beyond?
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- February 7, 2012
On February 4th, 2012, the UN Security Council witnessed what could be one of the first salvos in a new cold war focused on democracy and human rights. A double veto by Russia and China defeated the resolution drafted by the Arab League (and supported by almost all the Arab states along with all the
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