Successful negotiation boils down to three essential factors: agency, operation, and language. There has to be a drive by both sides to talk. Our readings this week have adequality shown when and where those meeting points transpire, of which they are rooted in the struggles for power and whichever side of the conflict is losingContinue reading “Quick read: International Conflict Negotiations, Intra and Interstate.”
Tag Archives: International Relations
Conscious Uncoupling: The Brexit
Today is a day of reflection. Today is a day to wonder what will come about tomorrow and the day after. What exactly does the United Kingdom leaving the European Union mean? Why do so many say this is the dawn of a new era? There is a lot that will be told and learnedContinue reading “Conscious Uncoupling: The Brexit”
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The 2007 Global Crisis and Our Future
Have the worst wounds of the crisis been avoided? We might have cauterized the injury with an infection still inside. To name a few: advanced economies, the European Union (EU) and emerging nations face dire economic imbalances; archaic geopolitical style maneuvering is occurring at rising rates in Eastern Europe while Africa and the Arab regionContinue reading “One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: The 2007 Global Crisis and Our Future”
To Build a Review of Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
To Build a Review of Dead Aid Dambisa Moyo confounded developmental economists and academia in 2009 with her pointed critique of the assistance regime surrounding development in sub-Saharan Africa when she published Dead Aid. Since that time, the ideas professed by Moyo have been considered rather profound yet divisive. Niall Ferguson sums up the initialContinue reading “To Build a Review of Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo”