World Federalism
All articles in World Federalism
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Fighting old battles all over again!
World Federalist Movement · November 2025
Hard-won gains, from restraint on nuclear testing to international law, are being reversed. Peace groups should combine their strength, and a louder civil society makes a review of the UN Charter under Article 109 now look viable.
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Sleepwalkers
World Federalist Movement · November 2025
The article warns of a potential global crisis mirroring the prelude to World War I. It highlights the risks of financial instability, territorial tensions, and ideological clashes.
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Is this the dawning of the Age of Autocracy?
World Federalist Movement · September 2025
Disillusioned young people are warming to autocracy as democracy scores keep falling. Yet over two centuries democracy has advanced, and renewing it means rooting out corruption, curbing the veto and building a global rule of law.
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Smart Landmines are Dumb as Hell
World Federalist Movement · September 2025
European nations withdraw from Ottawa Treaty as landmines resurge. The article argues for world federalism to address weapon asymmetry and battlefield ethics.
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The World Will Have Democracy, or the World Will Have a King.
World Federalist Movement · August 2025
Failure to reform a broken global system will let power pool around one strongman, as Roman institutions lingered after the Republic fell. Polling shows most people worldwide back a federated global democracy; the United States, where no public figure champions it, is the outlier.
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Engaging members of the Commonwealth of Independent States in multilateralism and world federalism: the example of Kazakhstan
World Federalist Movement · May 2025
Kazakhstan’s strategic role in global governance and federalism is highlighted. Its engagement in multilateralism and critical minerals cooperation underscores its geopolitical significance.
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Fixing The Veto – It is Time For Canada To Step Up
World Federalist Movement · April 2025
A Security Council veto that blocks action against aggression or atrocities defies the purpose the Charter gives the Council. Canada should lead a coalition asking the International Court of Justice to rule such vetoes unlawful.
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Why the Generational Struggle to Counter Authoritarianism Must Be Nurtured
World Federalist Movement · April 2025
Trump, Putin and Xi lead a club of authoritarian states dismantling global governance, while young people increasingly see no future in multilateralism. Training a new generation to defend and staff a reformed UN is how that club will be outlasted.
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Refreshing the Spiritual Aspirations for World Federal Government
World Federalist Movement · April 2025
World federation is not only a leftist cause: conservatives such as Wendell Willkie backed it. As the Federalist Papers held that people must cede some rights to government, nations could cede authority over weapons of mass destruction and global crises.
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A Different Approach Is Needed for Survival in the Nuclear Age
Citizens for Global Solutions · April 2025
U.S. allies consider expanding nuclear capabilities amid Trump’s NATO criticism. A nuclear arms race intensifies globally as security concerns rise.
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De Energizing Russian Energy- New Routes
World Federalist Movement · February 2025
Russia’s halt to gas flows through Ukraine closes a route that once carried nearly half its European gas exports and about $5 billion a year. Moscow leans on TurkStream and Asian buyers, while Europe, already diversified, adapts.
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A Global Minimum Wage Would Reduce Poverty and Corporate Power
Citizens for Global Solutions · January 2025
Minimum wage laws lifted workers out of poverty, but multinationals escape them by moving jobs to low-wage countries. A wage floor set worldwide, perhaps through the International Labour Organization and tied to national median wages, would curb that race to the bottom, and corporate profits too.
