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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European Constitutional Reform Hangs in the Balance
December 2023
The EU’s constitutional reform proposal faces rejection. A divided European Parliament fails to secure majority support for deeper governance changes.
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Impunity and Models of Global Order: A Baha’i Perspective
December 2023
The Baha’i Faith envisions a federal world governance system as a path to global peace. The article links this vision to Pinker’s thesis on declining violence and critiques current trends in conflict and impunity.
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Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls
December 2023
Nargess Mohammadi, Iranian activist imprisoned in Evin, campaigns against gender-based violence and capital punishment. Her advocacy highlights systemic oppression and the struggle for women’s rights in Iran.
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Global South Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War and Consequent Tensions
November 2023
Keith Best TD MA warns of escalating global tensions amid the Russia-Ukraine war. He highlights risks of nuclear conflict and regional instability in the Middle East and South China Seas.
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The future of aid delivery to Afghanistan; the role of Europe and the diaspora
October 2023
Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis demands urgent international aid. The article highlights systemic challenges and the need for coordinated global governance.
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UN Reform? Think ‘Alice in Wonderland’
October 2023
Major-power rivalry is the worst in decades, so rewriting the UN Charter or reforming the Security Council is a fantasy that could even produce a weaker text. The UN should reinforce core strengths, humanitarian action and global norms, and plan for deep budget cuts.
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NRI Welfare Society of India: Global Peace Summit
October 2023
Keith Best speaks at the Global Peace Summit on peace’s nature and global achievement. He highlights reconciliation and diplomacy as key to lasting peace.
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Democracy has to be global
October 2023
Finance, migration, artificial intelligence and climate change now outrun national borders, so national democracies cannot survive among warring states. Global problems need global solutions, and those solutions must be democratic, built on democratic global institutions.
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European Economic Forum Speech
September 2023
Deterring refugees does not work, and the EU has never shared the burden fairly among its members. Wealthy states should invest where people flee from, speed up asylum decisions, and set up a permanent international scheme for safe passage and agreed resettlement quotas.
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Remarks on Kevin Rudd’s book: “The Avoidable War”
September 2023
A US-China war is avoidable, but “managed strategic competition” is not enough, because the climate crisis and other rising powers need a wider answer. A Global Green Deal built on IMF reform and special drawing rights could open the way to peaceful coexistence and UN reform.
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Lessons of the Coup Attempt: Putin shaken, West ill-prepared
September 2023
The failed coup attempt in Russia highlights Western policy gaps. The West lacked a coherent strategy to counter Russian disinformation.
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What is so Important about The San Francisco Promise?
August 2023
Undemocratic and lacking enforceable law, the UN Charter lets superpower wars crowd out climate action. Reviewing it under Article 109(3), a promise made in 1945 and never kept, could produce a new UN able to end war and tackle climate change.
