Resurgent Authoritarianism and the International Rule of Law
By Wayne Sandholtz – Evidence suggests that authoritarianism is on the rise and will likely erode the international rule of law and shape how the international order evolves. Here’s how.
From Antalya to Osaka: Assessing Turkey’s “Globality” and Performance in the G20
By Selçuk Çolakoğlu – The G20 constitutes a platform in which an unestablished middle power such as Turkey can potentially enjoy a rare privileged position.
Humanitarian governance and localization: What kind of world is being imagined and produced?
By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik & Dennis Dijkzeul – While localization is high on the agenda for humanitarian actors, at present, humanitarian governance does not support the localization agenda. To understand better why, we explore three issues underpinning humanitarian governance: the problem construction, consolidation and growth of the sector, and the sorting of civilians. We conclude that the localization agenda is important, but for it to succeed a fundamental change of the humanitarian system is needed.
On the path(s) to international legal change
By Nina Teresa Kiderlin, Pedro José Martinez Esponda & Dorothea Endres – Challenging the common narratives of legal change, the PATHS project investigates the different pathways through which stability and change travel in the international legal order.
Business and Human Rights: towards a legally binding instrument?
By Jerome Bellion-Jourdan – Getting traction towards a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises would require consensus-building. In the meantime, much remains to be done to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Liveability-Indexes: What if we scrape the façade?
By Emmanuel Robert – In spite of their catchy names and enthralling rankings, what do liveability indexes really tell us about cities?
Liberalism and Its Discontents
By David Sylvan – Liberalism may yet need to be in our future, despite claims we are moving toward an illiberal international order.
How Should UN Agencies Respond to AI and Big Data?
By Jolene Yiqiao Kong, Richard Burzynski and Cynthia Weber – The interaction of three forces – organizational missions, new technologies, and political narratives – will shape the UN system’s approach to AI.
Something Like Environmental and Economic Policy
By Defne Gönenç – Why global economic and environmental challenges, and their proposed solutions, should be evaluated together.
The ‘European Way’ of Decision-Making? Unpacking the process to fill the EU’s top jobs
By Moritz Neubert – How national, political, and institutional roles and interests inform EU decision-making and reveal its complex governance system.
The ILO at 100: Showing its wrinkles or its cracks?
By Velibor Jakovleski – The centenarian organization demonstrates that IOs need active maintenance to remain effective and legitimate.
Why the G20’s Upcoming Summit in Osaka Must Deliver
With multilateralism under strain, the Summit will test Japan’s leadership, member countries’ resolve, and the foundations of the G20 itself.
Lethal autonomous weapons, war crimes, and the Convention on Conventional Weapons
By Marta Bo and Taylor Woodcock – States are yet to seriously consider individual criminal responsibility for war crimes committed with LAWS. Here’s why they should.
Protecting the Legitimacy of Science in World Politics
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By Peter M. Haas Professor, Department of Political ScienceUMASS Amherst ? Organized science’s role in global governance…
The End of a Liberal International Order That Never Existed
By Michael N. Barnett – Liberalism was never critical to global governance, and the future of global governance might not depend on liberalism.
