NGOs/ CBOs have emerged as an integral pillar of both global and national governance, and are recognized as such by the official institutions founded after World War II. This is evident from the important gaps they are called upon to fill, their formal partnerships with international...

Globalization is the result of a combination of factors. The role of technology is a fundamental feature in shaping what globalization is and what it means for society as a whole. At the same time, important societal values are directly or indirectly affected by the global expansion of world...

Is more global governance necessary? That was the question posed to me by the organizers of the 2021 Federalist Society Annual Conference.1 It struck me when hearing this question that there are often deep misconceptions about the meaning of global governance lurking behind debates over whether...

We are experiencing the end of an era of global governance. Four supporting pillars of global governance have been shaken: its Eurocentrism, its market liberalism, the trust in expertocratic law and our unquestioned location in anthropocentrism. But these pillars, and with them the edifice of...

A decade ago, the German Advisory Council to the Federal Government on Global Environmental Change (Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung für Globale Umweltveränderungen - WBGU) published its main report. This attempt to take stock in 2011 made an impact and provided orientation on...

Climate change requires the transition to a global economy supported by clean energy. Bioenergy already has a share of the global energy market, which is slated to increase dramatically over the next several decades. Combined with the potential for the deployment of the climate technology...

The EU is obviously playing a unique role in global governance systems. This paper will argue that the EU engages in fragmented global energy governance architecture based on two phenomena, Standardization and Externalization, from the beginning. Then, first section of this paper considers the...

This working paper examines the conditions under which the European Union (EU) engages externally in competition policy. In addition, it tests the appropriateness of applying a neofunctionalist approach to specify the conditions under which the EU engages externally in this policy area. The...