Rethinking International Research Articles

Eviscerated to Revolutionary: Rethinking International Aid and Civil Society in Cambodia and Myanmar

International aid actors and their role in supporting civil society, particularly non-government organisations (NGOs), in Asia has attracted extensive debate. Some view donors’ New Policy Agenda to have de-politicised and “NGOised” civil society, undermining broader emancipatory movements. Such analyses, however, often take limited account of historical and political factors that are deeply influential. Cambodia and Myanmar offer unique insights into these debates; following decades of international isolation, both countries experienced vast influxes of aid, from the early 1990s and late 2000s respectively. Yet in 2024, civil society activism is eviscerated in Cambodia, while a broad alliance is pursing revolution in Myanmar against the 2021 military coup. Through a comparative analysis, this article examines how aid and civil society interact over an extended time, and what the radically different trajectories mean regarding the dynamics between international aid and civil society actors. The article concludes that although international aid had a distortionary impact, historical and political factors were far more consequential in shaping civil society in both countries, particularly the scale of informal, non-NGO activism, which has ultimately proven far more resilient and transformative.

New development: Radically reshaping PFM? A review of ‘Advice, Money, Results’

IMPACT Presenting an in-depth review of Advice, Money, Results: Rethinking International Support for Managing Public Finance (AMR), the author warns practitioners and policy-makers that the report presents a flawed critique of the current state of public financial management (PFM). In addition it is overly negative about PEFA, and the alternative PFM approach it presents is vague—lacking in operational specificity. AMR, the author explains, has, if unchallenged, the potential to have a negative impact on PFM practice internationally.

TWAIL and Alternative Visions: ‘Talking About a Revolution’: Afterword to the Foreword by Antony Anghie

Abstract This Afterward is in response to an invitation by EJIL to engage with Tony Anghie’s Foreword in the same journal entitled ‘Rethinking International Law: A TWAIL Retrospective’. I join in conversation with Anghie to further expand and amplify the redemptive potential of TWAIL, through a focus on human rights. I tease out and amplify a robust account of what constitutes an ‘alternative vision’ found in TWAIL as an epistemological inquiry that reflects a yearning to break free of the Eurocentric discourses that continue to structure human rights and the human subject. It also draws attention to the transformative and revolutionary vision of the project available in the aftermath of the critiques of traditional international law.

Sustainable Expatriate Management: Rethinking International Assignments

This article explores the concept of sustainable expatriate management, which incorporates environmental, social, and economic factors, and how it can be implemented in a corporate context. We argue that with increasing societal and environmental issues, it is crucial to revisit the overall global philosophy and policies, including the expatriate life cycle. We apply the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework to examine how businesses can remodel their practices to become more resilient. Furthermore, based on a systematic literature review, we identified gaps in research on the integration of environmental factors into sustainable expatriate management. Lastly, this article presents a model for understanding the three layers of sustainability in expatriate management, which can assist practitioners in identifying blind spots and material topics.

New Patterns of Flow and Rethinking International Mediascapes: The Influence of Stuart Cunningham on Theories of Television's Travels

Stuart Cunningham contributed to important publications that advanced thinking about transnational media flows, much of which remains relevant a quarter of a century later. This essay explores Cunningham's collaborations with Elizabeth Jacka and John Sinclair in ‘Australian Television and International Mediascapes' and ‘New Patterns in Global Television: Peripheral View’ to explore the prescient and productive theoretical innovations these books offered the field.

Knowledge: The Greatest Gift?

Book Review| December 01 2019 Knowledge: The Greatest Gift? Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World, By Daniel A. Wagner. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. 324 pp. Paper, $37.56. Kenneth D. Keith Kenneth D. Keith (Professor Emeritus) Department of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego, 14992 Charles Circle, Omaha, NE 68154, E-mail: kkeith@sandiego.edu Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The American Journal of Psychology (2019) 132 (4): 485–489. https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.132.4.0485 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Kenneth D. Keith; Knowledge: The Greatest Gift?. The American Journal of Psychology 1 January 2019; 132 (4): 485–489. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/amerjpsyc.132.4.0485 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressThe American Journal of Psychology Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World by Daniel A. Wagner. New York: Routledge, 2018. 324 pp. $46.95. ISBN 9781848726079.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsLearning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World by Daniel A. Wagner. New York: Routledge, 2018. 324 pp. $46.95. ISBN 9781848726079.David Post and Peter EastonDavid PostPenn State University Search for more articles by this author and Peter EastonFlorida State University Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 63, Number 3August 2019 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/704136 Views: 147Total views on this site HistoryReceived April 24, 2019Revised April 24, 2019Accepted April 24, 2019 For permission to reuse, please contact [email protected]PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

IM Special Section Introduction: Rethinking International Migration in China and India

AbstractChina and India have the world’s two largest populations and have long been major sources of migrants to other countries. In recent years, movements of Chinese and Indians for study and work overseas have been affected by developments in policies at their chosen destinations as well as at home. The flows of Chinese and Indian students and skilled migrants in the second decade of the 21st century are occurring within quite different political and economic contexts from those that prevailed even as recently as a decade ago. In the first part of this brief editorial introduction, we introduce some features of contemporary Chinese and Indian migration. The four substantive papers in the special section are then introduced, the first two with reference to the changing Asian migration patterns, and the remaining two addressing the changing dynamics of migration.

Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World. Daniel A.Wagner. New York: Routledge, 2018. 267 pp.

Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World. Daniel A.Wagner. New York: Routledge, 2018. 267 pp.

Book Review: Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World by DANIEL A. WAGENER

Book Review: Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World by DANIEL A. WAGENER

Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World

Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World

Responses to Justin Rosenberg’s ‘IR in the prison of Political Science’ and ‘Rethinking International Relations – again’

Responses to Justin Rosenberg’s ‘IR in the prison of Political Science’ and ‘Rethinking International Relations – again’

Guest Editors’ Introduction: Towards Utopia – Rethinking International Law

In the face of recent challenges to international law and its institutions, a sense of despair and resignation pervades some parts of international legal scholarship – a mindset which may work to close off the ability to think, feel, and imagine alternatives. As a counterpoint to such despair, this paper explores the potential of utopianism as a framework for rethinking international law which provides grounds for hope. Building on the articles contained in the Special Section “Towards Utopia – Rethinking International Law” which it introduces, the paper discusses three topoi of utopianism in relation to international law: first, the diversity of utopian approaches, ranging from grand blueprints to everyday utopias; second, the relation of utopianism to critique, and specifically to critical approaches to international law; and third, the complicated role of international law in relation to social change.

História e crítica em direito internacional na América Latina: revisitando discussões pretéritas sobre ensino jurídico na região

Este trabalho tem como objetivo revisitar os questionamentos articulados no âmbito das cinco Conferências de Faculdades de Direito Latino-Americanas realizadas entre 1959 e 1974 em nossa região. Sem pretender uma reconstrução histórica exaustiva sobre esses encontros, este estudo busca lançar luz em antigas discussões sobre ensino jurídico na América Latina. De forma semelhante, não se busca discutir o quanto efetivamente foi alterado na organização e nas atividades das faculdades de direito a partir das recomendações adotadas nas referidas conferências, mas sim explorar questionamentos pretéritos sobre o papel do direito em projetos políticos de transformação. A retomada dessas discussões é importante para embasar reflexões inovadoras sobre o ensino do direito internacional na América Latina na atualidade, pois mudanças foram propostas a partir de uma sensibilidade latino-americana, revelando-se a necessidade de atrelar projetos políticos a iniciativas de reforma pedagógica. Considerando que estudos históricos em direito internacional necesariamente contém um certo elemento de anacronismo, tal como afirmado por Anne Orford em ¿El passado como derecho o como historia? La relevancia del imperialismo para el derecho internacional moderno, esta contribuição aborda a dimensão histórica dos debates sobre ensino jurídico na América Latina como esforço necessário para as reflexões empreendidas atualmente no contexto do projeto “Repensar la educación en derecho internacional en América Latina” (redial).

International Railways in Argentina: Rethinking International Relations and Regional Integration Studies in the Southern Cone

International Railways in Argentina: Rethinking International Relations and Regional Integration Studies in the Southern Cone

「国際貢献」に見る日本の国際関係認識:―国際関係理論再考―

「国際貢献」に見る日本の国際関係認識:―国際関係理論再考―

Enforcing Arbitrator’s Obligations: Rethinking International Commercial Arbitrators’ Liability

Liability of arbitrators touches the heart of the concept of arbitration as it affects the legal relationship between the arbitrators and the parties and concerns some essential issues on the nature of the arbitrator's mandate. This article intends to propose an alternative conceptual approach to the immunity-based theories, endorsing the suggestion that the arbitrator shall be liable as any normal intellectual service provider for breach of her obligations. Regarding the regime of liability, a systematization is proposed whereby strict liability, fault-based liability and tortious liability cohabitate. This relationship is argued being contractual. The existence of an objective contractual exchange underlies contractual liability for breach. As a consequence, the thesis proposed in this article is that the arbitrator shall be liable for breaches of the obligations contractually incurred. These contractual obligations can be divided into two main clusters, namely, the obligation to decide the dispute submitted and the obligation to provide a fair and equal adjudication. Thus, a dual regime of contractual liability for arbitrators is proposed. A separate set of obligations is represented by the pre-contractual duties of disclosure, which are tort-based. The plain existence of a contractual relationship between the arbitrator and the parties automatically sets aside all those theories claiming that because of the status or for some policy argument, the arbitrator must be immune from liability. As a consequence, any immunity or qualified immunity-based theory is rebutted in favor of a full liability-based conceptual scheme.

The Limited Economic Case for Subsidies Regulation

The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development has assembled a task force on Rethinking International Subsidy Disciplines. This paper, prepared for the task force, considers the economic case for general disciplines on subsidies by WTO member states. It considers the two principal economic arguments for such disciplines – the possibility that subsidies create negative international externalities for other nations, and the possibility that subsidies disciplines can tie the hands of member governments in a manner that discourages government waste. It concludes that a compelling case can be made for prohibiting new subsidies to import-competing industries that undermine negotiated market access concessions. The economic case for disciplines that go beyond this principle is weak for a variety of theoretical and practical reasons, although industry or sector-specific limits on subsidies may be useful in some instances.

Book review: Transnational Corporations and Development Policy, Rethinking International Development Series

Book review: Transnational Corporations and Development Policy, Rethinking International Development Series

Fact-Finding without Facts: The Uncertain Evidentiary Foundations of International Criminal Convictions, Nancy A. Combs. * Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court, T. Markus Funk. * Rethinking International Criminal Law: Restorative Justice and the Rights of Victims in the International Criminal Court, Godfrey M. Musila.

Fact-Finding without Facts: The Uncertain Evidentiary Foundations of International Criminal Convictions, Nancy A. Combs. * Victims' Rights and Advocacy at the International Criminal Court, T. Markus Funk. * Rethinking International Criminal Law: Restorative Justice and the Rights of Victims in the International Criminal Court, Godfrey M. Musila.