World Federalist Movement
The World Federalist Movement, Institute for Global Policy is a nonprofit registered in the United States and the Netherlands, with offices in The Hague and Washington, DC. It works for more effective and accountable global governance, with a democratic world federation as its aim.
Adapted from wfm-igp.org.
Articles
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World Federalism is not Big Brother
June 2021
Pandemic controls and surveillance have made people distrust states, and critics paint global federation as tyranny. Federalism does the opposite: it leaves decisions at the lowest workable level, demands accountability to the people and reconciles individual with collective rights.
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The pandemic slogan must be applied globally
June 2021
Covid taught that no one is safe until everyone is safe, and the same holds for climate, poverty and clean water. Acting on it needs enforceable world law and accountable global bodies, and pooled sovereignty enlarges a nation rather than shrinking it.
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Engaging with AI Global Governance
June 2021
The World Federalist Movement establishes a Transnational Working Group on AI governance. The group focuses on mapping AI’s global implications and shaping a governance framework for emerging technologies.
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It’s Time for a Nuclear-weapon-free Northeast Asia
May 2021
Northeast Asia has been in a state of war since 1945. A treaty among Japan and the two Koreas, guaranteed by the US, China and Russia, would create a nuclear-weapon-free zone, and a coalition modelled on the one for the International Criminal Court could drive it.
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Carpe Diem
March 2021
The World Federalist Movement highlights pandemic as catalyst for global governance reform. The article traces WFM/IGP’s role in creating the International Criminal Court.
