Building Global Democracy

In The divided west and in On the political Jrgen Habermas and Chantal Mouffe transpose their political philosophies into the realm of contemporary international politics and put forward two different models for a more equitable order. Habermas defends a

Cooperation is crucial in addressing the current global issues, including the economic crisis and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed to an international gathering of parliamentarians today in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

In 2006, Poland and Romania embarked on renewed lustration programmes. These late lustration policies expanded the scope and transparency measures associated with lustration as a form of transitional justice. While early lustration measures targeted polit

Slaughter's academic publications on globalist innovations led to greener pastures and she was recently appointed to serve as director of the State Department's policy planning staff under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In an interview, Slaughter exp

More than three decades of international best practice and a rich body of scholarship demonstrate that women's policy machinery (WPM) is a crucial tool for promoting feminist policymaking. A new and unstudied form of WPM is emerging at the sub-national le

After 1945, with the defeat of Nazism, until the end of the 1990s, with the rise of the US as the only superpower and the 'triumph of liberalism', it seemed that the West could say, like the Jedis in Star Wars, that 'the Force was with them'. Indeed, to t

Looking back at the mass incidents over the recent few years, one can find a fluctuating curve: Before 2005 it trended upward, was down a bit in 2006 and 2007, and rose again in 2008. What can we make of these trends? Faced with the same facts, different

The Group of 20's pledges of trade finance and aid for trade are too vague, according to the editors of the e-book ''Rebuilding Global Trade'', published last week. And the London summit of this group of developed and developing economies last week failed

ASUNCION, Apr 7 (IPS) - The global tendency towards greater participation by women in politics has reached Paraguay, but the pace continues to be set by men, and there are still tough barriers to equal access to elected posts.

Democracy has become a truly universal value and pursuit. Yet although international instruments, norms and standards continually reinforce democratic principles, achieving them remains a daunting challenge across the world. The continued lack of gender e

In early March 2009, a group of more than 100 experts and scholars from the United States and the Muslim world issued an open letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to make support for democracy in the middle east a top priority. The letter - conven

In these countries, the US must take concrete measures to promote human rights and reform. In conjunction with European partners, a far more detailed and extensive program of scholarships, technical expertise assistance, civic education, English language

WASHINGTON, Apr 7 (IPS) - Human rights groups welcomed the conviction of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday on charges of murder and kidnapping.

For Roberge, my concept of "problematisation" denies the existence of a real money-laundering problem. Below I will argue that, yes, this is exactly what the concept implies, and that his argument of why money-laundering is an objective problem does not c

Constructivist scholars have brought many new insights to the study of global politics. Rainer Hlsse wants to build on this knowledge in "Creating Demand for Global Governance: The Making of a Global Money-laundering Problem".1 In the article he argues th

The National Endowment for Democracy "must continue to serve as a focal point for U.S. democracy assistance to non-state actors," according to a new report. Democracy promotion should remain a priority on the foreign policy agenda but reforms are required

SUVA, Fiji - US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, is calling on Fiji's interim government to restore democracy and hold elections this year. At the last meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, the group of representatives from around the South Pacific set

BANGKOK, Apr 12 (IPS) - The dramatic scenes that unfolded at a regional summit forcing its cancellation Apr. 11 point to a disturbing possibility that this kingdom is heading for a long period of turmoil - pitting the conservative political establishment

SANTIAGO, Apr 10 (IPS) - Over 70 percent of community leaders in Chilean shanty towns are women. Their average age is 42, and most of them do not identify with any political party. Forty-five percent believe that the prevailing economic system makes the r

The secularization hypothesis has failed, and failed spectacularly. We must find a new paradigm to help us understand the complexities of the relationship between religion and democracy.