Es gibt in den neun nuklear bewaffneten Staaten immer noch fast 18.000 Atomwaffen (Tabelle 1), von denen knapp 2.000 kurzfristig einsatzbereit sind. Mit Glück bleiben wir von ihrem erneuten Einsatz weitere sechs bis sieben Jahrzehnte verschont. Wahrscheinlicher ist jedoch, dass die Zahl der...

Es gibt in den neun nuklear bewaffneten Staaten immer noch fast 18.000 Atomwaffen (Tabelle 1), von denen knapp 2.000 kurzfristig einsatzbereit sind. Mit Glück bleiben wir von ihrem erneuten Einsatz weitere sechs bis sieben Jahrzehnte verschont. Wahrscheinlicher ist jedoch, dass die Zahl der...

Many developing countries assert a claim to the privilege of managing world order on a shared basis but exhibit a strong reluctance to accept the responsibility flowing from such privilege, for example with respect to protecting the victims of humanitarian atrocities. Some powerful countries...

In this paper, Ramesh Thakur examines the implications of the Iraq War for the UN, shows how the goals being pursued in Iraq have been undermined by the means, and argues that the liberation of the people from Saddam Hussein's brutal regime was a collateral benefit amidst much damage to...

The stability of the global order is a function of the reconciliation between universal ethical principles and power asymmetries. Both principles and power are embedded in international institutions. As relative power shifts away from the West, the ability of the latter to exempt themselves from...

Recent research suggests that individual inventors produce less valuable inventions than those operating within organizational boundaries. The current study demonstrates that organizations invent and file for patents earlier than individuals. Analyses of priority contests between competing...

In the wealth of literature on state failure, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the question of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. This book - a joint project of the International Peace Academy and the United Nations University - examines the...