Author: Indo-Asian News Service

The Global Democratic Deficit: Undemocratic international institutions favor powerful countries—and shape who pays and who benefits Paula Druschke and Gastón Nievas construct a novel historical database covering more than 60 international organizations from the League of Nations (1920) to today, including the Bretton Woods system (World Bank and IMF), the United Nations and its agencies, the European Union and a broad set of multilateral development banks to investigate how global governance structures shape the provision and distributionof global public goods.Read More

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The 2026 U.S.–Israeli strikes against Iran, initiated under Operation Epic Fury, represent one of the most consequential military interventions in recent Middle Eastern history. This article examines the war’s multidimensional consequences across national, regional, and international arenas and finds that the structural constraints of such a conflict risk the intervention’s transforming into a strategic overextension for the U.S. To avoid such an outcome, the article argues against any escalatory action and recommends that U.S. policymakers prioritize diplomacy over prolonged war. In a conflict defined by uncertainty, the most prudent course for U.S. policymakers is to pursue strategies that carefully manage…

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