The identity-solidarity link: a key challenge for global governance
By Emmanuel Dalle Mulle – The rise of populist and radical parties, accompanied by austerity, poses fundamental challenges to creating truly inclusive social systems.
Why Synchronise National Electoral Cycles?
By Grégoire Mallard –
With voters increasingly dissatisfied with their political leaders and institutions, it’s time to re-think national elections.
Is WTO Dispute Settlement Really “Busier Than Ever”?
By Joost Pauwelyn – In Geneva trade circles one often hears that WTO dispute settlement is “busier than ever”, “a victim of its own success”. A new paper double-checks those claims.
Has MIKTA augmented the global governance role of middle powers?
By Selcuk Colakoglu – The new informal partnership of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia hints at trend in global governance.
Tracing the effects of IO financing reforms
Last April Cecilia Cannon was among the many Graduate Institute professors and researchers who went to San Francisco to contribute to the 2018 Annual Convention of…
How to Uphold Multilateralism and Defy Protectionism: Listen More to Developing Economies
By Anita Prakash – Global governance bodies must be inclusive and bring in the voices from developing economies, which are practitioners of open and rule based trade relations.
Regime Interactions and the Dual Legality of EU Law: The case of Slovak Republic v. Achmea
By Lorenzo Gasbarri – In this case, the ECJ explicitly refers to EU law as being international law and at the same time forming an internal legal system. What does this mean, and are there consequences for the interactions between legal regimes?
State or Market: Who governs the use of legitimate force?
By Velibor Jakovleski – The State Monopoly on the Legitimate use of Force (SMLF) implies that states alone have the right to use, or authorize the use of, force. Examples of the responsibilization of the market suggest this is only an ideal type.
God, the UN, and the myths of global governance
By Velibor Jakovleski – Are international organizations simply a way to atone for human suffering, or is their symbolic role crucial for global governance?
Does humanitarian elitism jeopardize its noble objectives?
By Clarissa Brack Burdeu – Humanitarian action succeeds in ‘an ecosystem where we work together to help others’ as Prof. Michael Barnett noted in the introduction of his presentation.
