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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The Emperor Has No Clothes: COP-29
December 2024
COP-29 highlights the failure of the UNFCCC system. The article calls for a new governance model to address climate collapse.
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Geometry of the Arctic circle: examining the intersection of climate change, maritime transport, geopolitics and governance
November 2024
The Arctic region faces growing geopolitical tensions over shipping routes. Climate change has unlocked new maritime paths, reshaping global trade and international relations.
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Will the democracies kill our freedoms through benign neglect?
November 2024
The United Nations faces growing criticism over its inaction on Ukraine. A new resolution aims to hold Security Council veto-wielding members accountable.
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New Oxford/Dublin research: Public majorities worldwide support a democratic world government focused on global issues
October 2024
Farsan Ghassim and Markus Pauli surveyed more than 42,000 people in 17 countries and found 69 percent back a democratic world government for global issues, with stronger support in poorer and less free countries.
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Towards Peace in Palestine: European Responsibilities
October 2024
Europe’s nationalism helped create the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, so Europe owes a way out. The EU could revive a 1943 plan for a federation of Israel, Lebanon, Transjordan and Palestine, with border security and joint water and energy bodies, alongside the global South.
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Armageddon by Accident or Design?
August 2024
The Israel-Gaza conflict risks escalating into a wider war. A strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria sparks retaliatory attacks.
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Humanism 2.0: humanity’s last monotheistic religion? – Part I
August 2024
Treating people as a plague guarantees the decline it fears. As fossil fuels run out, a civilization that keeps accelerating toward the stars, on faith in human ability, is the only stable alternative to an empty planet.
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Humanity has Two Choices: Political Unification or Mass-Suicide
August 2024
Arnold Toynbee warned that the atomic age forces a choice between political unification and self-destruction. His remedy was a minimal federal world government, adopted by consent and limited to what survival requires, which now covers climate change too.
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A Comment on War, Peace and the Federalist Initiative
August 2024
Nuclear war and climate collapse cannot be tackled while the great powers drift back toward the conditions of the interwar years. A new Bretton Woods-style reform of the IMF and a UN reform commission come first; world federation can only follow pacification.
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Our International System of Justice is Broken: How Can we Fix It?
July 2024
Optional jurisdiction and unenforced rulings leave the World Court unable to settle disputes between countries, as cases on Gaza and Ukraine show. Amending the UN Charter to give it compulsory jurisdiction and a police force would fix both flaws.
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Non-Violence and International Pacification
June 2024
Gandhi’s non-violence and Weber’s ethics of responsibility meet in Einstein’s call for a supranational police force. A first step is a global petition to add a right not to kill to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, letting citizens refuse military service.
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Are We Sleepwalking Our Way Into a Nuclear War?
June 2024
Iran’s nuclear ambitions and regional tensions heighten risks of accidental or intentional nuclear conflict. The article warns of a sleepwalking crisis as proliferation and geopolitical rivalries escalate.
