Abstract International agreements are often understood to help governments make credible commitments future policy by limiting their ability renege on promises. Renegotiations of accordingly viewed as a threat cooperation, since renegotiations call past into question. But we know little about the frequency or nature treaty renegotiations. When international renegotiated, and what effect does re...

This Article examines the adoption of rights in national constitutions in the post-World War II period in light of claims of global convergence. Using a comprehensive database on the contents of the world’s constitutions, we observe a qualified convergence on the content of rights. Nearly every single right has increased in prevalence since its introduction, but very few are close to universal....

BACKGROUND Germany has been identified as one of a few high-income countries that opposed a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the WHO's first global public health treaty. This paper examines whether the tobacco industry had influenced the German position on the FCTC. METHODS Analysis of previously confidential tobacco industry documents. RESULTS The tobacco industry has...

В 2022 г. исполнилось 110 лет Русско-Монгольскому соглашению (или договору) 1912 – первому международному договору в новой истории независимой Монголии. Данным соглашением Россия официально признала Монголию и ее правительство, государственность Это соглашение положило начало дипломатическим отношениям Монголии России. связи с данным Улан-Батор, Монголия, прошла международная конференция, посвя...

Public opinion formation plays a very important role in economic policy development. Opinions put forward in various social platforms offered by the media and the Internet have a large impact on international treaty negotiations. In particular this seems to be the case for international negotiations regarding the abatement of greenhouse gasses. In this paper we argue that social opinion formati...

Abstract In November 2021, the World Health Assembly (WHA) is hosting a special session to discuss proposed plans for pandemic treaty. Despite fact that there are scant details concerning treaty, proposal has gained considerable support in both academic community, and at international level. While we agree wake of numerous governance failures during COVID-19, need develop appropriate global sol...