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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A Realistic Route to Disarmament
April 2023
Disarmament talks look like fantasy while autocracies band together and the Ukraine war risks spreading. Modest, inclusive steps, neutral inspection and a coalition of smaller states and NGOs, like the one that won the ICC, could still build a World Peace Authority.
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William Pace – Personification of Peace
March 2023
William Pace, a peace advocate, dedicated his life to global justice and environmental protection. His journey began with Einstein’s writings on peace and continued through world federalism efforts.
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A Speech on the International Women’s Day
March 2023
Prejudice against women, rooted in religious tradition and in laws that gave wives property rights only in 1882, is unjust and costly: Afghanistan’s economy has lost 5 billion US dollars since August 2021. Six UN members have still not ratified the treaty on women’s rights.
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Should we fear the Dragon more than the Bear?
February 2023
China’s Belt and Road Initiative reshapes global economic power. The article explores China’s strategic influence and its implications for world federalism.
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A Speech at the 75th Anniversary of the Montreux Declaration
February 2023
Regional integration in Europe shows how a federal system can work across borders, and European federalists belong in the same movement as world federalists. Climate governance is the best ground for a joint campaign, starting with a World Environment Authority.
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America’s one-of-a-kind, never-ending gun crisis
February 2023
Mass shootings in the United States highlight a crisis of gun violence and systemic neglect. The article calls for rethinking constitutional protections to address ongoing threats to public safety.
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A possible referendum to end the Ukraine crisis?
February 2023
Let the people decide: after a ceasefire, voters in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson could choose Russia or Ukraine under UN peacekeepers, ending the killing while honouring the democracy the West says it defends.
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A Speech at the 75th Anniversary of the Montreux Declaration
February 2023
In 1947 European and world federalists chose separate paths. Facing climate breakdown as well as the nuclear danger, they should now join forces in a “Union of Federalists” pressing every government for a Global Green Deal.
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The Spring of Civilization?
January 2023
Nation-states have been breaking apart for decades, as a 1973 case for world federal government predicted, and climate change and nationalism now threaten civilization itself. The open question is whether the world federalist message prevails before catastrophe, or only after more world wars.
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War and Peace: whose freedom?
January 2023
Wars now target civilians as much as soldiers, so peace needs a fuller definition. Measured by Roosevelt’s four freedoms, it is a state in which people can enjoy their rights, above all freedom from aggression by another state.
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What steps for a shared policy between the European Union and the African Union?
January 2023
Africa cannot unify while wars keep many African states from ratifying union treaties. The EU should stop acting only in emergencies and build a shared project with the African Union, starting with carbon pricing and renewable energy.
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What is Peace?
December 2022
Like love, peace means different things to different people, so its meaning has to rest on agreed law: the crime of aggression in the Rome Statute and human rights now accepted across every faith and culture.
