Global Governance and Megadiplomacy

In an interview, Parag Khanna, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, talked about diplomacy. The best analogy to the diplomacy of the twenty-first century, or what he calls the post-modern Middle Ages and some call the post-Westphalian world, is that of the Middle Ages. Reforming glo...

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Published in:The Brown journal of world affairs 2011-10, Vol.18 (1), p.25-34
Main Authors: Khanna, Parag, Safdar, Mustafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bilateralism
Climate change
Climate change policy
Diplomacy
Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Foreign relations
Globalization
Governance
Government and politics
International security
Middle Ages
Nongovernmental organizations
Terrorism
United Nations
World Bank
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Summary:In an interview, Parag Khanna, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, talked about diplomacy. The best analogy to the diplomacy of the twenty-first century, or what he calls the post-modern Middle Ages and some call the post-Westphalian world, is that of the Middle Ages. Reforming global governance is a big topic discussed at the global level by the G-8, G-20, and the United Nations. The assumption is that the evolution of global governance by necessity moves in the direction of ever more legally codified, bureaucratized, and centralized organizations. By that logic, the way to improve and adapt global governance is to strengthen and reform the UN and rebalance the voting in organizations like the IMF and World Bank. But now it is possible to achieve a more legitimate, representative, and effective global governance in the twenty-first century.
ISSN:1080-0786
2472-3347