Edited Volume Read Along: Global Governance Frozen in Time

In his chapter “New Thinking About Global Governance in an Intermestic World,” author Professor W. Andy Knight looks at the failings of the past in order to prescribe solutions for more effective global governance in the future. He points out that the state of the world since the cold war has become more globalized and disordered. These forces have led to increasing wealth disparity, competition over resources, and social conflict.  Continue reading

Insight: Is the Cost of Globalization the Extinction of Ancestral Identities?

This is an insight written by Esther Kaufman on the recent 1oth UN Session of the Forum on Minorities. 

Is the cost of globalization the extinction of ancestral identities? 

The UN held the 10th session of the Forum on Minorities from the 28th of November to the 1st of December 2017. This conference welcomed organizations from across the world to speak as representatives of their respective minority nations, and to air their concerns to the International community. Continue reading