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Kahler Warns of "Fracturing" of Global Governance
February 21, 2017
In a recent paper, Miles Kahler of the Council on Foreign Relations explores the increasing relevance of regional organizations in global governance and calls for a more effective "division of labor" between global and regional organizations to prevent a "fragmented global order" and encourage what he perceives to be the benefits of global institutions.
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OECD Pushes Sweden on "Inclusive," "Green" Growth
February 21, 2017
In a recent report on the economic situation in Sweden, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on authorities to adopt more "inclusive" measures to reduce income inequality in the country, create a more permissive immigration system, and promote environmentally friendly economic growth.
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EU Warns of WTO Complaint on US Tax Proposal
February 21, 2017
The Irish Times reports that EU officials and lawyers from other US trading partners are prepared to launch a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against a proposal in the US House of Representatives to impose a corporate tax on imports into the US while exempting exports from taxes to remedy what some see as a global trade imbalance.
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UN Chief: "Lack of Trust" Blocks Global Governance
February 21, 2017
Speaking at a World Government Summit in Dubai, UN Secretary-General António Guterres spotlighted the "terrible lack of trust" between people and governments, and between people and multilateral institutions, as an obstacle to the effective functioning of the UN and other organizations in finding "global responses" to the world's problems.
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UN Chief: Refugee Settlement Is "Collective Responsibility"
February 21, 2017
At a recent press conference in Istanbul, UN Secretary-General António Guterres asserted that "effective burden-sharing" for the resettlement of refugees is a "collective responsibility of the international community" and criticized countries for closing borders and "escaping their responsibilities" to the refugee community.
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