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On the Emerging Rights of Nature as a Constitutional Issue: From Ecuador to...
For those who have not been following this, it is worth noting what now appears to be the start (slow enough for its supporters) of a movement to enshrine the rights of nature within national...
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Made in Our Own Image; Animated as Our Servant; Governed as our Property:...
The United Nations tends to be a useful mirror, reflecting the current version of orthodoxy among its various stakeholders, some of whom are states, many of whom are elements of the complex ecologies...
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Roundtable Announcement: “Book-Objects at the Crossroads of Bibliography and...
Happy to pass this along. The potential implications for semiotics, as well as the realization of knowledge, are interesting.We are delighted to announce a virtual roundtable “Book-Objects at the...
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"Joint Statement from the Governments of the United States, Australia,...
Pix credit here Coalitions of the willing can be powerful instruments. They acquire more power as the foundation for the projection of military action against both regular and irregular forces that...
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Worth Watching: "Proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel on 29...
Pix credit here DUKE. What, is Antonio here? ANTONIO. Ready, so please your Grace. DUKE. I am sorry for thee, thou art come to answer; A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, Uncapable of pity, void...
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Journal of Peace Research New Articles
Journal of Peace Research is an interdisciplinary and international peer reviewed bimonthly journal of scholarly work in peace research. The journal strives for a global focus on conflict and...
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To Lead the Public and Shape Perception, One Must Entertain the Masses!:...
Pix Credit here Global Times journalists recently published reporting on the ramping up of efforts by China's Ministry of National Security to more broadly reach out to the masses with respect to...
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The Semiotics of Tarot for Mr Trump; Mr. Biden; and the U.S. in 2024
Pix Credit here In these tumultuous times, one can always appreciate a moment of semiotic comedy, even when, as with much comedy, something more profound lurks beneath the laughter (or the laughter s...
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Global Trade Routes and Silk Roads: Statement from President Joe Biden on...
Pix Credit here"The United States and a handful of its allies on Thursday carried out military strikes against more than a dozen targets in Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, U.S....
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Security, Demography and the New and Improved Apartheid: Is South Africa...
Pix credit hereHere is an interesting story out of South Africa. There are a number of versions, each infused with the contextual perspective of its publication organ (e.g., here, here, here). I will...
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国务院台办发言人评论台湾地区选举结果 [Spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State...
Pix Credit Al Jazeera 国务院台办发言人评论台湾地区选举结果 新华社北京1月13日电 国务院台办发言人陈斌华13日晚就台湾地区选举结果表示： 这次台湾地区两项选举结果显示，民进党并不能代表岛内主流民意。台湾是中国的台湾。这次选举改变不了两岸关系的基本格局和发展方向，改变不了两岸同胞走近走亲、越走越亲的共同愿望，更阻挡不了祖国终将统一、也必然统一的大势。...
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Perception is deeply rooted in the historical context from which it arises:...
Pix Credit here South Africa's Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola, said Israel “dismally failed to disprove” it has violated the 1948 Genocide Convention during its carpet bombing campaign of the Gaza...
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Jie Ouyang on Embedding Private Law into the Green Transition: The Case of...
The folks over at the European Chinese Law Research Hub (with thanks to Marianne von Blomberg, Editor ECLR Hub, Research Associate, Chair for Chinese Legal Culture, University of Cologne) have posted...
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"Transformed Nonconformist"--Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2024
Pix Credit here Now there can be no doubt that the command of our text-do not conform-is difficult advice for any modern person. The pressure of the herd is ever strong upon us Even our intellectual...
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习近平：完整、准确、全面贯彻落实关于做好新时代党的统一战线工作的重要思想 [Xi Jinping, Completely, accurately and...
Pix Credit here On 29 July 2022 Xi Jinping delivered remarks at the Central United Front Work Conference. That portion of those remarks touching on the Communist Party of China's United Front Work was...
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A Talk by Professor Garapon 'The Digital De-Spatialisation of Law' (Kings...
Passing along an announcement of a quite intriguing talk: Transnational Law InstituteEvent Invitation:EveEveA Talk by Professor Garapon'The Digital De-Spatialisation of Law'1 Feb 2024, 16.00 -...
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Brief Thoughts and Full Text of Speech by Chinese premier Li Qiang at the...
Pix Credit here Be careful what you wish for. This applies especially if you do not have the capacity to keep or maintain the thing you desired.Pix credit hereWe live in interesting times. They are...
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The Transformative Consequences of Risk Spirals: "Special Address by...
Pix Credit hereThe thief, or the diplomat, who looks backwards, booty in hand, may not know where, or into what, they are heading; and those who look on, from the camp or elsewhere, are invariably...
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Trust No Collective Other than the Capitalist Collective-- "Palabras del...
Pix Credit hereI have been considering several critical remarks made by high ranking members of two fo the more important leading groups on the global scene at the annual congress of global leading...
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International Conference on ‘Greening’ of the State and Society through...
The organizers of the International Conference on ‘Greening’ of the State and Society through Securitization in India and China funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) 7th...
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