Your viewpoint of world affairs.

Briefs combine innovative journalism in an accessible and interactive form with your personal viewpoint of world affairs. They allow users to express their opinion on the quality of political decision-making at the global level. Submitting a Brief enables other users to vote, creating a poll on the quality of deliberation during a particular international event.

The quality of deliberation is rated with regard to the decision’s impact on the international system. Each Brief contains an overall score, represented by the average score of six variables: stability, sustainability, success rate, risk rate, cooperativeness and inclusiveness. The following variables allow us to give quantifiable ratings to decision-making at the international level, rather than simply assessing a policy’s domestic impact.

• Stability
  Does the decision ameliorate the stability of the international system as a whole or does it lead to greater instability and increased tension?
  
• Sustainability
  Is the decision durable and are there the necessary resources to maintain it over an extended period of time?
• Success Rate
  What are the chances that the decision will achieve its prefixed outcome?
• Risk Rate
  How large is the gamble involved in the decision and how drastic would the impact be if the outcome were negative?
• Cooperativeness
  Was the decision made along with a larger framework of actors and/or institutional arrangements?
• Inclusiveness
  Does the decision acknowledge, consider and respect the interests and identities of other parties?
• Overall Score Performance 
  Average of the above variables, ranging from -3 to +3.

Briefs can be submitted both separately or along with a News piece.

Atlas Institute for International Affairs reserves the right to decline, accept or request submission. Any content which is accepted and meets the prerequisites will be published as soon as possible. Submissions allow consent for publication under the Publishing Agreement terms.

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