Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey
In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such does not exist, formal and informal institutions, practices, and initiatives—together forming "global governance"—bring a greater measure of predictability, stability, and order to trans-border issues than might be expected. Yet, there are significant gaps between many current global problems and available solutions. Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh Thakur analyze the UN's role in addressing such knowledge, normative, policy, institutional, and compliance lapses. The UN's relationship to these five global governance gaps is explored through case studies of some of the most burning problems of our age, including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, humanitarian crises, development aid, climate change, human rights, and HIV/AIDS.
Canada Among Nations, 2009-2010: As Others See Us
Marking the 25th anniversary of the series, Canada Among Nations 2009-2010 focuses on how leading foreign and Canadian thinkers and doers assess Canada's prospects in the world.
Global Finance in Crisis
Global Finance in Crisis, a groundbreaking, edited volume, offers the first systematic analysis of the international regulatory response to the current global financial crisis. From the vantage point of key global financial powers, leading scholars examine current regulatory developments in international finance.
Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century
This book explains the need for institutional reform of the WTO at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society and relationships with regional trade agreements.
From Civil Strife to Peace Building
Aid and debt relief, traditional solutions for poverty and underdevelopment, have typically failed in Africa, leaving many countries vulnerable. Focusing on the fragile West African states of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, authors explore how the private sector is leading peace-building and reconstruction initiatives.
The Global Food Crisis
The global food crisis is a stark reminder of how fragile the global food system is. In this edited volume, authors examine the most recent food price volatility and the resulting governance challenges and opportunities. The authors make several recommendations, including increased public investment in small-farm agriculture, reform to food aid and agricultural trade rules, and enhanced international agricultural policy making.
Emerging Powers in Global Governance: Lessons from the Heiligendamm Process (Chinese Translation)
全球治理中的新兴国家——来自海利根达姆进程的经验
In the Chinese translation of this book, leading international relations experts examine the positions and roles of key emerging countries in the potential transformation of the G8 and the prospects for their deeper engagement in international governance. The essays consider a number of overlapping perspectives on the G8 Heiligendamm Process, a co-operation agreement that originated from the 2007 summit, and offer an in-depth look at the challenges and promises presented by the rise of the emerging powers.
India's Economic Future: Education, Technology, Energy and Environment
In a volume edited by CIGI Senior Visiting Fellow Manmohan Agarwal, leading experts consider India’s prospects for sustainable growth. The contributors consider such issues as foreign direct investment, technological capacity, reservations for minorities in educational institutions and energy scarcity.
The Future of the Dollar
What is the future of the US dollar as an international currency? Will predictions of its demise prove just as inaccurate as those that have accompanied major international financial crises since the early 1970s? Analysts disagree, often profoundly, in their answers to these questions. In The Future of the Dollar, leading scholars of the dollar's international role bring multidisciplinary perspectives and a range of contrasting predictions to the question of the dollar's future. This timely book provides readers with a clear sense of why such disagreements exist and outlines a variety of future scenarios and possible political implications for the United States and the world.
The United Nations and Nuclear Orders
Recent tensions surrounding the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, as well as the shocking revelations of A.Q. Khan’s atomic bazaar, have drawn attention to the role of the United Nations in addressing a host of nuclear challenges. The United Nations and Nuclear Orders sheds light on the past, present and future roles of the UN in responding to the threats and challenges posed by nuclear weapons.