Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: NATO; Collective Defense; Alliance Politics; Security Governance; Strategic Adaptation; Transatlantic Relations Abstract NATO remains the most enduring military alliance in modern history, yet its contemporary relevance is increasingly contested. This article provides a “State of the Union” assessment of the North Atlantic...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: Absolutism; Personalized Power; Sovereignty; Global Governance; Rule of Law; Authoritarianism Abstract The phrase L’État, c’est moi symbolizes the personalization of political power and the fusion of state authority with individual rule. While historically associated with absolutist monarchies, its underlying logic has re-emerged...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: Climate Change; Collective Action; Global Governance; Climate Justice; International Cooperation; Environmental Politics Abstract Climate change has moved from a projected environmental risk to an unfolding global emergency with profound social, economic, and political consequences. Despite overwhelming scientific consensus, collective responses remain inadequate...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: class struggle; global conflict; inequality; global governance; political economy; structural violence; geopolitics; North–South relations. Abstract This article argues that global conflict is more accurately explained through the lens of class struggle than through traditional geopolitical binaries such as East versus West or...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: International law; UN reform; laws of war; Security Council; humanitarian protection; geopolitical fragmentation; global governance. Abstract The laws of war present themselves as instruments of humanity, yet in practice they often reflect the strategic preferences of powerful states rather than universal...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: Eastern Europe; Russia–Ukraine war; Trump 28-point peace plan; NATO enlargement; U.S. foreign policy; security architecture; sovereignty; international diplomacy. Abstract This article critically examines the 28-point peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2025 to resolve the Russia–Ukraine war within the...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: world order, global reform, liberal internationalism, multipolarity, global governance, systemic transformation Abstract This article examines the diminishing effectiveness of global reforms in maintaining the stability of the post-1945 liberal world order. It argues that despite continuous attempts at renewal — through institutional...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: international law; international morality; Gaza war and truce; Sudan crisis; humanitarian law; Responsibility to Protect (R2P); United Nations; moral legitimacy; global justice; Security Council paralysis. Abstract The recent crises in Gaza and Sudan expose international law’s transformation into a realm of moral...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: Generation Z; global order; youth activism; digital cosmopolitanism; social movements; political sociology; democratic renewal; multipolarity; governance crisis; moral idealism Abstract In the twenty-first century, Generation Z (Gen Z) has emerged as a defining sociopolitical force challenging entrenched systems of governance, economic exploitation,...
Adediran Babajide, President/CEO Carlsron Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (CIPEHR) Keywords: state of nature; realism; idealism; multipolarity; society of states; international relations theory. Abstract This article traces the conceptual evolution from the classical philosophical notion of the “state of nature” to the modern idea of a “society of states,” situating this evolution within...
