The Amazon's indigenous groups regularly embrace technology, formal education, and modern health care. Yet Western NGOs prefer a romanticized caricature.

Businesses operating in economically and politically chaotic zones often face a no-win situation.

Non-governmental organizations are scrambling to come up with a new strategy following the release of the interim UN report on human rights abuses.

Government and international aid agencies from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have come to depend on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to implement their development policy programs. Corporations are increasingly expected to consult with NGOs prior to making investments in the developing...

Speakers at a June 11 AEI conference considered the accelerating growth of advocacy-oriented nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in liberal democracies.

Corporations and governments are witnessing a resurgence of political and economic internationalism. Increasingly prominent issues such as the global financial crisis, the environment, human rights, the developing world, and trade policy have galvanized efforts by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international governmental organizations to become more deeply involved in government and...

When a group of countries block consensus on the most fundamental issues (such as promoting democracy or fighting terrorism or drugs) in a conscious effort to undermine the organization's effectiveness, 'consensus' becomes a weakness.

The world’s largest Muslim country, Indonesia, has long stood out for its unique embrace of tolerance, pluralism, and inclusiveness. In recent years, however, a wave of high-profile terrorist attacks and the rise of more militant forms of Islam have strained the country’s social fabric and raised questions about its vibrant...