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Global Cooperation

January 15, 2021

A World Parliamentary Assembly as a Catalyst for Global Cooperation

The UN has emerged as our primary forum to address the major global catastrophic risks facing humanity in an increasingly interdependent world.…

Augusto Lopez-Claros and Andreas Bummel

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Peace

January 11, 2021

A Thief and the Guru: A 2021 New Year’s Tale

Garry Davis, the founder of the World Citizenship Movement, had two gurus or spiritual guides who helped him understand what…

David Gallup

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Federation of Nations

January 5, 2021

Is the Nationalist Tide Receding?

Nationalism—placing the interests of one’s own nation above the interests of other nations—has been a powerful force in world affairs…

Lawrence Wittner

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Global Cooperation

December 14, 2020

Survey: Majority Agrees that Binding Global Decision-Making is Needed

According to the Stockholm-based Global Challenges Foundation, an international average of 67 percent of people polled in a new ten-country global…

Andreas Bummel

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Human Rights

December 10, 2020

Building Global Unity through Tolerance and Universal Rights

Today marks the 72nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Two related documents also celebrate significant anniversaries this…

David Gallup

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Global Cooperation

December 3, 2020

A North American History of Peace Through Union

The story of the American Revolution is well known. As the story goes, the 13 colonies came together to throw…

Charles Marsh

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Global Cooperation

November 23, 2020

What is a Concerned Person to Do?

Students and friends sometimes ask me what can be done in the face of the flood of despairing news of…

Marc Pilisuk

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Global Cooperation

October 29, 2020

Shaping a Better Future By Recognizing the Interdependence of the World

One lesson that the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing global economic recession have taught us: we live in a world…

Sovaida Maani Ewing

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Federation of Nations

October 16, 2020

A Voice and a Vote for the People of the World

It is now more evident than ever that the world lacks the structures necessary to successfully address the many global…

Donna Park

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Global Cooperation

September 30, 2020

UN75 Global Governance Forum

The UN75 Global Governance Forum, “Designing a Roadmap to The Future We Want, The UN We Need” took place online…

Donna Park

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Federation of Nations

September 14, 2020

The UN At 75: New Report Promotes Innovations For Global Governance

In a new report, “UN 2.0: Ten Innovations for Global Governance 75 Years beyond San Francisco,” the Stimson Center, a think…

Peter Orvetti

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Global Cooperation

August 26, 2020

World Federalism, Global Democracy and Coronavirus

As climate change, the coronavirus pandemic shows the consequences of the enormous contradiction under which seven billion human beings live:…

Fernando Iglesias

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