Introducing: Global Governance Debates
One theme, different perspectives. A more nuanced debate on global governance.
Revolution, Contestation and Transition: Towards a New Global Constitutional Order?
By Martin Belov – A shift to a post-Westphalian reality requires rethinking our constitutional concepts, paradigms and institutional designs.
Undermining Authority from Within
By Nina Reiners – What happens if the independence and expertise of UN human rights treaty bodies is threatened by its own members?
Science is Embedded, and yet Legitimate
By Annabelle Littoz-Monnet – How can we think about the legitimacy of science without making claims to its impartiality?
‘Movement in the Right Direction’: Reflections on 70 Years of the UDHR
By Miia Halme-Tuomisaari – How can we understand the continued importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in today’s world?
Protecting the Legitimacy of Science in World Politics
By Peter M. Haas – In the face of post-truth challenges, how can the political authority of science in world politics be defended?
Rules, regulations, crisis, and repeat: The trouble with global financial governance
By Velibor Jakovleski – With declining hegemony and increasing uncertainty, what are the prospects for governing global finance.
How the Cold War helped spur West European welfare state reform
By Astrid Hedin – During the Cold War, dialogue within IOs helped shape global norms via East-West policy isomorphism.
The Resource Curse and International Law
How does international law affect power and development in resource-wealthy postcolonial countries?
Post-Brexit sanctions in a changing Europe
By Erica Moret – How the UK coordinates its sanctions policies with the EU will be important in a post-Brexit world.
A Norm in the Making: Banning the Global Trade in Tools of Torture
By Ezgi Yildiz – International law prohibits torture, but not the tools used to torture. The Global Alliance for Torture Free Trade aims to change that.
Order, orders, ordering
By Stephanie Hofmann – In a world seemingly in flux, who and what is providing order to international relationships?
Negotiating the role of interpreters in the multilateral system
By Max Crisp – Interpreters play a crucial (yet often underappreciated) role in the processes of global governance.
Global Governance 2.0: Enriching the Regional Content in Global Development Programmes
By Anita Prakash – Are regionally-orientated solutions to global problems the key to achieving sustainable development?
Assessing the BRICS Johannesburg Summit, potential enlargement
By Selçuk Çolakoğlu – Continuing to support multilateralism, the BRICS are now considering enlargement and Turkey is an interesting prospect.
