Section H: Implementation
Rudolph C. Rÿser, PhD
Volume 12, Number 2 (2025) 12 (2): 172-188
Abstract
In the final analysis states’ governments and indigenous nations will meet either at the negotiating table or on the battlefield. These are the options now presented by the dynamic change in international relations. Indigenous nations are a political fact of life in strategic localities such as the choke points throughout Indonesia, between the Philippine islands, and in Crimea entering the Black Sea. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples offers a constructive pathway for indigenous nations and states to democratically negotiate 21st century relations. Implementation of mandated provisions in the Declaration will require skill and maturity on all
sides. Here we report some considerations for the present and future.
Rudolph C. Rÿser, PhD
Published August 13, 2025
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