Global Governance articles from July 2007

Global Governance archives from July 2007

A symposium: global summit reform and the L-20.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS)(group of 20 government leaders)(Editorial)
July 1, 2007... Global governance currently faces multiple critical deadlocks: on climate change, on disease control, on multilateral trade, on nuclear proliferation, on UN reform, and more. Existing mechanisms have proved inadequate to break these deadlocks....

Breaking deadlocks in global governance: the L-20 proposal.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS)(group of 20 government leaders)
July 1, 2007... The L-20, a summit gathering of the leaders of twenty important states from all major world regions, would constitute a significant advance in global governance. For all its positive contributions, the Group of 8 (G8) has not been able to make...

Design for a multipolar world.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS: Responses to Paul Martin's Proposal for the L-20)
July 1, 2007... The proposal for an L-20 can be appreciated as a belated attempt to create a suitable new multilateral architecture after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Neither the United Nations nor US unilateralism are adequate mechanisms for global governance...

Summit reform: the good and the bad news.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS: Responses to Paul Martin's Proposal for the L-20)(Essay)
July 1, 2007... This essay argues that the case for creating an L-20 process is compelling. This is a mechanism that could effectively socialize leaders into thinking about global problems more responsibly, with an "all things considered" perspective. However,...

Toward more inclusive informal global governance: a view from South Africa.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS: Responses to Paul Martin's Proposal for the L-20)
July 1, 2007... South Africa may support a proposal to establish an L-20 because the concept recognizes the value of informal clubs in moving forward processes of global governance. However, the devil is in the details: Who would take the initiative to set up...

Breaking deadlocks in global governance: how to make the L-20 work.(GLOBAL INSIGHTS: Responses to Paul Martin's Proposal for the L-20)
July 1, 2007... The rapid economic, social, and ecological changes around the world over the past half-century have generated tremendous new challenges that beg for a different global governance system: one that can, in the words of Paul Martin, "form the...

Fighting terrorism the FATF way.(Financial Action Task Force)
July 1, 2007... An effective counterterrorist strategy must reflect the adaptive and transnational nature of terrorism. The challenge presented to lead organizations in the fight against terrorism is assessing threats and understanding terrorist group behavior...

The nodal structure of international police cooperation: an exploration of transnational security networks.
July 1, 2007... Facing sophisticated, resistant, and highly motivated terrorist and transnational crime threats and numerous difficulties inherent in countermeasures, law enforcement and security providers have shifted from a bureaucratic and hierarchical...

The lessons of Darfur for the future of humanitarian intervention.
July 1, 2007... The emergence of post-September 11 military operations in the context of the global fight against terrorism in general and the Iraq war in particular has overshadowed humanitarian interventions conducted by multilateral institutions. However,...

Prevention of violent conflict: tasks and challenges for the United Nations.
July 1, 2007... In endorsing the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan committed to strengthening the organization's function to prevent armed conflict. A review of the UN's track record...

Moving beyond mediation: the OAS transforming conflict in Guatemala.(Organization of American States)
July 1, 2007... In 1995-1996 the hemisphere's multilateral forum, the Organization of American States, launched a conflict prevention and management program in Guatemala entitled "Culture of Dialogue: Development of Resources for Peacebuilding in Guatemala."...

The political economy of conflict financing: a comprehensive approach beyond natural resources.
July 1, 2007... This article argues that an emphasis on natural resources in conflict financing is unhelpful. Instead of focusing on individual methods of conflict financing, conflict economies should be approached as a combination of financing strategies....

A global civil society in a world polity, or angels and nomads against empire?
July 1, 2007... Clifford Bob, The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media and International Activism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 254 pp. Richard J. F. Day, Gramsci Is Dead: Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements (London:...