World Federalism
All articles in World Federalism
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World Federalism – A Mantra or a Pathway
World Federalist Movement · August 2021
World government will never happen, yet world federalism remains a useful framework. The movement should stop debating the end product and build coalitions around concrete goals such as pandemics, artificial intelligence and a nuclear-weapon-free Northeast Asia, as it did for the International Criminal Court.
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G7 and World Federalism: Considerations for Global Governance
World Federalist Movement · June 2021
World federalists should stop bickering over purity and pragmatism and build on existing models: seven of the eight largest countries are federal, and regional bodies have parliamentary oversight, but the G7 has none. First, civil society needs formal recognition alongside the G7.
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World Federalism is not Big Brother
World Federalist Movement · 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
World Federalist Movement · 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
World Federalist Movement · 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
World Federalist Movement · 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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TakeAction for March 2021: Building peace & security
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Because China’s Security Council seat blocks UN action on Myanmar’s coup, Canada should widen its limited sanctions on the military, and readers are urged to write to the foreign minister.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Next Steps for Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
The World Federalist Movement - Canada contributes to Canada’s feminist foreign policy consultation. The organization highlights the alignment of feminist foreign policy with global governance and federalist principles.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Introducing Sandra Coyle, WFM – IGP’s new Executive Director
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Nairobi-based communications specialist Sandra Coyle explains why the 2020 pandemic sold her on global solutions, and how she would recruit young people to the federalist idea.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Getting from Here to There
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
A good future depends on changing values, not just technology. Growth must stop being the goal, and people can find more satisfaction in learning, music, community and helping others than in endless spending: more fun, less stuff.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Better Climate Governance Matters!
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
COP26 offers a chance to advance climate action. World federalists propose mediation to improve international climate negotiations.
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Democracy, Representation, and Federation
March 2021
The article examines the ideal of democratic legitimacy through elections, citing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It warns that this ideal faces significant global challenges, including financial influence, non-contested elections, and foreign interference.
