International Organizations

Bolton: Global Governance of Internet Will Restrict Freedom

September 23, 2016

In a recent interview, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton warned that the transfer of control of the internet's oversight body from the US to a global governance mechanism will ultimately lead to placing decision-making on the future of the internet in the hands of the UN and giving authoritarian governments influence in restricting freedom of online expression.
Kirchner: G-20 Lacks Influence on Domestic Policies

September 22, 2016

An article from economist Stephen Kirchner laments that the G-20 group of countries has come to serve as an unpromising forum with little to show in the way of global governance that influences items on the domestic agendas of its members.
UN Declaration Advances Global Governance of Migration

September 21, 2016

Government officials convening at a recent UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants adopted the New York Declaration, through which they committed to work toward a "global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration" by the year 2018 and to assist with the resettlement of all refugees as identified by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Schaefer: UN Reduced Credibility in Bypassing US Congress

September 21, 2016

Summarizing US President Barack Obama's parting UN address and the policies he advanced at the UN during his time in office, Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation asserts that the UN has placed itself in a vulnerable position for the future by serving as the Obama Administration's vehicle to unilaterally advance initiatives unpopular in the US Congress.
UNESCO Report Examines Remedies for Inequality

September 21, 2016

A report published in partnership with the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization calls for the creation of "fairer societies" by understanding, through social science research, and remedying problems caused by "economic, political, social, cultural, environmental, spatial and knowledge-based" inequality caused by "neoliberal" policies of the 1980s and 1990s.