What is Global Governance?
General theories of International Relations and Global Governance
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.
Intrenational Terrorism and the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism.