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“The democratic sovereignty of the people” must also bow to this logic: whoever wants to have functioning international relations between states must subordinate the democratic self-determination…
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Is a Global Economic Rescue Package the Answer?
The United Nations has been relentlessly pursuing a highly-ambitious blueprint for the sustainable future of humanity –harking back to the adoption of a new global economic…
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The first Secretary-General of the United Nations, Trygve Lie, remarked in 1948, "The United Nations may need to adjust to new realities and respond to unforeseen…
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Will Zoomplomacy Last?
As the coronavirus rages on, diplomacy has moved completely online—with mixed reviews. Daniel B. Shapiro and Daniel Rakov During the first week of April, at the…
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Covid-19 and The Implementation of Xi Jinping’s Major-Power Diplomacy
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More remote work, more cashless transactions, and new opportunities for telecom can be anticipated Mamun Rashid The Covid-19 pandemic, the greatest global crisis of the 21st…