What is Global Governance?
General theories of International Relations and Global Governance
The long historical roots of Global Governance: the city-state leagues of ancient Greece, the Hanseatic League of Northern Europe, the Concert of Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Nations.
The key components of Global Governance: International Governmental Organizations, NGOs, States, Multinational Corporations
Important global IGOs such as the United Nations, the WTO, the ILO, the IMF and the WB, the ICC.
Key regional IGOs: the African Union; ASEAN; the European Union, NATO, OCSE
The growing role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Other non-state actors in global governance: epistemic communities and multi-stakeholder actors
How powerful states and less powerful ones relate to global governance.
Peace and security: the complicated world of multinational peace-keeping and state-building
Civil and political rights: the role of NGOs as advocates and monitors; ECOSOC and other organs of the UN; the impact of international treaties.
Problems confronting global governance: refugees and IDPs, weapon proliferation, international terrorism, transnational crime, environmental protection