Complex States
Scott RichardsEssays, articles, and interviews in geopolitics, society and technologies, government policy, and economic development.
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The latest proposal from Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, is a 50-day extension of the ceasefire, backdated to March 1, 2025, and set to end on April 20, 2025. Extending a...
Israel’s Definition of Defeat of Hamas
1. What Is the Netanyahu government’s Definition of the Defeat or Destruction of Hamas?
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Israel-Hamas: The Hostage Calculus
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In hostage negotiations, whether with a nation-state or an extremist factio...
RECOGNITION AND THE ISLAMIC EMIRATE
The Taliban’s de-facto government, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (“IEA”), since the formation of their government on September 08th, 2021 has requested that the world provide them with “recognition”. There are no exacting standards for...
WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“UDHR”) created in 1948, although non-binding, has been signed by 192 states and represents a commitment to the recognition of our commonality as human beings. Accordance to the UDHR should be an a...
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Richards’ work is most easily understood as “national security advisory". His reports and briefings have been used by law enforcement on topics ranging from terrorism, human rights violations, narcotics, wildlife trafficking, and human trafficking.
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