Program Areas

Program Areas

Albert Einstein was right: we must democratize the UN
Three paths towards supranational democracy?When I wrote Climate Change and the Future of Democracy in 2018, I discussed three distinct paths toward the goal of democratizing global governance in response
R. S. Deese | 25.05.2020
COVID: International inquiry needs to include elected representatives
A resolution expected to be passed this week at the World Health Assembly calls for an impartial and independent evaluation of the international response to COVID-19. Drafted by the European
DWB | 18.05.2020
BTI: Progress of democratic transformation falls to a new low
The 2020 edition of the Bertelsmann Transformation Index, in short BTI, examining the status of political transformation in 137 countries, shows growing resistance to the regression of democracy and the
Peter Orvetti | 11.05.2020
Ambedkar, cosmopolitan political humility, and national belonging
Those who espouse universal (global) values must at some point explain why their proposed values should be affirmed in principle by all persons – even when they conflict with some
Luis Cabrera | 06.05.2020
The UN at 75: a global parliament supported at events, NGO forum in May
The need of a global parliamentary body that represents the world’s citizens was highlighted last week at two virtual events with a combined online audience of several hundred people. According to
DWB | 28.04.2020
World federalism, global democracy and coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis shows the consequences of the enormous contradiction under which seven billion human beings live now: a world globalized by technology and economy but politically divided into almost
Fernando A. Iglesias | 10.04.2020
Coronavirus and the need for global governance
As our lives and our societies are disrupted by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis, some weaknesses of our political systems and existing ways of organizing our societies are glaringly exposed. Consider
Mark Coeckelbergh | 08.04.2020
Book review: The Humble Cosmopolitan
For someone who is promoting a world parliament some humbleness might be appropriate. That was my initial thought as I saw the title of Luis Cabrera’s recent book about cosmopolitanism.
Hans Leander | 08.04.2020
Stimson Center recommends a United Nations Parliamentary Network
The Stimson Center in Washington D.C. recommends that the United Nations should establish a parliamentary network as an advisory body to the UN General Assembly in order to address its
DWB | 27.03.2020
V-Dem: Autocratization continues but resistance grows
For the first time since 2001, a majority of all states worldwide are no longer under democratic rule. This is one of the key findings of this year’s report of
Stefan Kalberer | 25.03.2020
As global freedom recedes civil movements fight for fundamental rights
On March 4th Freedom House in Washington D.C. published its 2020 report on Freedom in the World, finding that in 2019 overall global freedom declined for the 14th consecutive time.
Andreas Meier | 10.03.2020
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