The House Of Representatives

Together with the Council, the House of Representatives could contribute to a better balance between national and global interests. Delegates sent by states to the present General Assembly, with the role of merely relaying messages from their national governments,...

The Council Of Global Affairs

Well-functioning global governance would benefit from a relatively small group of distinguished individuals who would be tasked to focus on the big picture. For a global society to survive and thrive, it is necessary to clarify what surviving and thriving entails on...

The Structure Of The Model

There are two interrelated challenges in this case: a model of global governance needs to be a) fit for purpose and b) workable. Some idealism is needed for the former and a lot of realism for the latter, as any model of this kind would need to be acceptable to many...

Other Levels Of Sociopolitical Organisation

The model we have outlined has focused on the nation state as the universally recognised unit of political sovereignty[1]. This is not to say that smaller political units are not important. National government is predicated on establishing a set of constitutional...

How To Get There

If all of this seems somewhat far-fetched, it may be worthwhile pointing out that after the 2008 crisis, one country did in fact attempt to apply a similar system. For Iceland, the crisis was so catastrophic that it was effectively bankrupt. The IMF and the European...