December 2023
CGS board member David C. Oughton imagines the Pope, the Dalai Lama, and other religious leaders traveling to Gaza, Israel, Ukraine, and other conflict zones, committed to staying until all parties accept binding arbitration through a neutral international court. He argues that the lack of world peace is partly a failure of imagination and that the world's religions bear a responsibility to build the foundations for a democratic world federation.
June 2024
Brandon Nakasato, an educational administrator at the University of British Columbia working to revive the WFM – Canada Vancouver Branch, argues that humanity is not merely a biological fact but an idea: an unfinished nation built through acts of mutual recognition. He contends that recognizing the humanity of others is itself a form of nation-building toward a shared global community.
September 2021
This article examines how various religious groups and leaders advocate for a democratic world federation to solve global crises like genocide and climate change. These groups propose a world constitution and global laws to replace the current system of warfare and unenforceable treaties.
September 2021
Jordan Bankhead uses his novel Chaos Magic to promote world federalism, arguing that global crises are necessary for international cooperation. He suggests that achieving global political unity requires a cataclysm, as great powers are unlikely to voluntarily give up their power.
June 2019
The United Nations, often dismissed as a paper-producing body with no enforcement power, functions most valuably as a global town meeting where a shared moral language and consensus on universal values are forged through ongoing deliberation among all nations. Drawing on Jan Pronk's concept of the UN as a values-based community, the author argues that this deliberative process is the organization's core strength and the foundation for legitimate global decision-making.
December 2019
Citizens for Global Solutions hosted Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, at its Annual Meeting in Los Angeles for a conversation with CGS policy director Tad Daley on the parallels between the show's United Federation of Planets and a real-world world federation. Roddenberry endorsed the idea of global government and discussed how his father used the Enterprise's diverse crew to challenge racial and national divisions during the Cold War era.
December 2019
The article explores how various religious traditions, from Baha'is to Catholic bishops, advocate for a democratic world federation. These groups propose a global system of enforceable laws and a world constitution to solve global problems, including war, genocide, and environmental degradation.
December 2019
The article argues that the development of a single global community requires both a strong governance structure and a common language. It proposes that a neutral, phonetic global second language, such as Esperanto, is necessary to facilitate cooperation while preserving linguistic diversity.
