Past Events
Session II: Finding hope in the Climate-Peace-Disarmament Nexus
Session II of the Q&A intergenerational panel discussion considers how progress on environmental protection is hampered by armed conflict, nuclear threats, and the massive diversion of resources into weapons and war.
Session 1: Finding Hope in the Climate-Peace-Disarmament Nexus
This Q&A panel considers how progress on environmental protection is hampered by armed conflict, nuclear threats, and the massive diversion of resources into weapons and war.
Book Club: Session #6 Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
CGS believes that good ideas merit corresponding action. In the spirit of finding solutions, we invite you to join us for a special follow-up strategy session with the authors to discuss concrete pathways toward global governance reform.
Advocating Toward Tomorrow’s Governed World: The First Exploratory Summit for CGS’s Action Network
As CGS embarks on a new chapter, seeking innovative and ambitious solutions to current threats, we convene an “Exploratory Summit” to inform advocacy by our Action Network.
Book Club: Session #5 Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
This session’s final discussion will include additional insights on the topics of corruption, education, values and principles to operationalize global good governance, immediate steps forward, and conclusions.
Session #4 Global Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
This session’s discussion focuses on UN specialized agencies to address global risks, inequality and the private sector, financial architecture and the IMF, responding to global environmental crises, and population and migration.
Countering Nationalism: Remembering the Quest to Build One World
CGS's first Global Conversations online event, Saturday, April 22 from 12-1:30 EST with Samuel Zipp to discuss his book, The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World (you can...
Session #3 Global Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
All three authors discuss reforming the central institutions of the UN.
Session #2 Global Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
Our second session with all three authors discusses their proposals for UN reform.
Session #1 Global Governance & the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
Our opening with all three authors, Augusto Lopez-Claros, Arthur Dahl, and Maja Groff.
Session #4 Union Now by Clarence K. Streit
The final session discussions focused on Chapters 11-13. Streit urges the world's democracies to create an initial world federation that would be so powerful that other countries would follow.
Session #3 Union Now by Clarence K. Streit
Discussion of Chapters 7-10 of Union Now by Clarence Streit (1939).
A Principle-Driven World Federation of States
Sovaida Ma’ani Ewing is an author, speaker, international lawyer, and founding director of The Center for Peace and Global Governance.
The United Nations based on Revised, Amended, & Expanded Charter
Dr. Joseph Baratta presents a model from Clark and Sohn, the United Nations based on revised, amended, & expanded charter.
Union Through Democracy
Shortly before WWII, an American Journalist named Clarence Streit proposed that the 15 most advanced democracies of the time form a union that would be so powerful that Hitler would not dare to...
Lessons in Effective Peace Activism: Reflections on Norman Cousins’ Life
Dr. Allen Pietrobon and special guest, Candis Cousins, to reflect on Norman Cousins’ life devoted to #peace activism and world federation perspectives.
Session #2 Union Now by Clarence K. Streit
Special guest, Dr. Tiziana Stella, Executive Director of the Streit Council leads us through Chapters 5-6. In his book, Streit urges the world’s #democracies to create an initial world federation that would be so powerful that other countries would follow.
Session #1 Union Now by Clarence K. Streit
pecial guest, Dr. Tiziana Stella, Executive Director of the Streit Council leads us through Chapters 1-4 of Union Now.
Global Citizen Award to Martin Sheen
This award recognizes individuals who are recognized as Global Citizens by the general public for their commitment to CGS’s mission and values.
Integrating the Regions
Fernando Iglesias presents paths to world federation through integrating the regions.
UN Charter Review
Shahr-Yar Sharei, the Executive Director of Center for United Nations Constitutional Research (CUNCR) presents UN Charter Review reform at CGS’s 2021 Annual Conference.
The United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
Andreas Bummel from Democracy Without Borders presents the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) at CGS's 2021 Annual Conference.
Uniting the Democracies
Chris Hamer presents a path to world federation through uniting the democracies.
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