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Fundamental UN Reform, a Non-Starter? By Thomas G. Weiss
The major issues confronting world politics in the 21st century – climate change, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, pandemics, terrorism and economic meltdowns, among others – require that the United Nations reinvent itself as the multilateral forum for tackling the pressing challenges of today. The possibilities for significant reform are remote but not impossible. This article addresses four major roadblocks: sacrosanct state sovereignty; the emphasis on process over results in organizational culture; perennial and theatrical North–South confrontations; and the twin problems of turf battles and decentralization. At the same time, individuals and states can be as strong as the institutions they create. There are plenty of things wrong with the United Nations, but many can be fixed.
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The United Nations and Human Development: From Ideology to Global Policies
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National and Global Energy Governance: Issues, Linkages and Challenges in the Philippines
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From ‘Public’ to ‘Stakeholder Relationships’: A Challenge to Governance in Organisations
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The Role of Middle Power-NGO Coalitions in Global Policy: The Case of the Cluster Munitions Ban
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The G2 in the G-20: China, the United States and the World after the Global Financial Crisis
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Posner's Missing Concept of Law: A response to Eric Posner - Evaluating the Effects of International Law: Next Steps
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Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States: Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
A Polar Mediterranean? Accessibility, Resources and Sovereignty in the Arctic Ocean
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The OECD at 50: Past Achievements, Present Challenges and Future Directions
Vol 2, Issue 3, October 2011
Implementing the Liberal Peace in Post-conflict Scenarios: The Case of Women in Black-Serbia
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
What Role for the New Financial Stability Board? The Politics of International Standards after the Crisis
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Food and Nutrition Security: Key Policy Challenges and the Role of Global Governance
Vol 2, Issue 2, May 2011
Application of Ostrom’s Principles for Sustainable Governance of Common-Pool Resources to Near-Earth Orbit
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
Making Markets for Merit Goods: The Political Economy of Anti-Retrovirals
Vol. 1, Issue 1, January 2010
After the Crisis: Industrial Policy and the Developmental State in Low-Income Countries
Vol. 1, Issue 2, May 2010
Intellectual Property, Dissemination of Innovation and Sustainable Development
Vol. 1, Issue 3, October 2010
From ‘Club of the Rich’ to ‘Globalisation à la carte’? Evaluating Reform at the OECD
Vol 2, Issue 3, October 2011
The Child as a Person : A response to 'International Adoption: The Human Rights Position'
Vol. 1, Issue 2, May 2010
The G8 and G20 as Global Steering Committees for Energy: Opportunities and Constraints
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Transnational Actors in Global Governance: Patterns, Explanations, and Implications
Vol 2, Issue 3, October 2011
Book Review - Freshwater Resources and Interstate Cooperation: Strategies to Mitigate an Environmental Risk
Vol 2, Issue 1, January 2011
Governing China’s Energy in the Context of Global Governance
Special Issue: Global Energy Governance
Global governance after the financial crisis: A new multilateralism or the last gasp of the great powers?
Vol. 1, Issue 1, January 2010
Inconclusive Wars: Is Clausewitz Still Relevant in these Global Times?
Vol. 1, Issue 3, October 2010
China, 'Global Challenges' and the Complexities of International Cooperation
Vol 2, Issue 1, January 2011
Conflicted Principals, Uncertain Agency: The International Monetary Fund and the Great Recession
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
Rebalancing Global Governance: Gulf States' Perspectives on the Governance of Globalisation
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Crises and Inequality: Lessons from the Global Food, Fuel, Financial and Economic Crises of 2008–10
Vol 2, Issue 3, October 2011
Introduction: The Governance of the Global Commons: Much Unfinished Business?
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
Book Review - The End of Influence: What Happens When Other Countries Have The Money
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The Governance of Energy Finance: The Public, the Private and the Hybrid
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International Climate Policy after Copenhagen: Towards a 'Building Blocks' Approach
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The Role of the Food Industry in Strengthening Links between Agriculture, Nutrition and Environmental Sustainability
Vol. 1, Issue 3, October 2010
Introduction to the Special Section: The Global Economy after the Financial Crisis
Vol 2, Issue 1, January 2011
Conflicted Corporates: Rethinking the Role of Business in Global Security
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
Exploring Links between Education, Migration and Remittances: The Philippine Case
Vol. 1, Issue 3, October 2010
The Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights: Four Learned Lessons and Four Theses
Vol. 1, Issue 2, May 2010
Export Credit Agencies and Global Energy: Promoting National Exports in a Changing World
Special Issue: Global Energy Governance
Asia, the Multilateral Development Banks and Energy Governance
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The Regulatory Reform of Global Financial Markets: An Asian Regulator's Perspective
Vol. 1, Issue 2, May 2010
Global and Regional Financial Regulation: The Viewpoint of a European Securities Regulator
Vol. 1, Issue 2, May 2010
Introduction to the Special Issue: Governing Energy in a Fragmented World
Special Issue: Global Energy Governance
Running into a Brick Wall: The WTO Doha Round, Governance Gap and Geopolitical Risks
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
Human Rights and Natural Disasters: Mitigating or Exacerbating the Damage?
Vol 2, Issue 3, October 2011
Introduction to the Special Section - Rethinking Economics: Introduction and Overview
Vol 2, Issue 2, May 2011
The Political Economy of Ecology: Prospects for Transforming the World Economy at Rio Plus 20
Vol 3, Issue 1, February 2012
The OECD as a Global Data Collection and Policy Analysis Organization: Some Strengths and Weaknesses
Vol 2, Issue 3, October 2011
From Norm Taker to Norm Maker? Indian Energy Governance in Global Context
Special Issue: Global Energy Governance
Governing Antarctica: Contemporary Challenges and the Enduring Legacy of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty
Vol. 1, Issue 1, January 2010
Seeking Coherence in Complexity? The Governance of Energy by Trade and Investment Institutions
Special Issue: Global Energy Governance
