The articles in the February 2012 issue of Global Policy examine strategies for rebuilding post-conflict states and civil societies; the justifications for armed interventions and the role of business in global security; and the obstacles for the WTO Doha round and the prospects for a green global economy at Rio. It also includes a special section on the ‘The Governance of the Global Commons’ introduced by Klaus Dodds.
Research Articles
Jean-Philippe Thérien - The United Nations and Human Development: From Ideology to Global Policies
Richard Kozul-Wright, Piergiuseppe Fortunato and Igor Paunovic - Rebuilding Haiti: Lessons from Post-Conflict Experiences
Ayse Kaya - Conflicted Principals, Uncertain Agency: The International Monetary Fund and the Great Recession
Mary Martin - Conflicted Corporates: Rethinking the Role of Business in Global Security
Max Stephenson Jr and Laura Zanotti - Implementing the Liberal Peace in Post-conflict Scenarios: The Case of Women in Black-Serbia
Special Section - The Governance of the Global Commons
Klaus Dodds – Introduction: The Governance of the Global Commons: Much Unfinished Business?
John Vogler - Global Commons Revisited
Joan Johnson-Freese and Brian Weeden - Application of Ostrom’s Principles for Sustainable Governance of Common-Pool Resources to Near-Earth Orbit
J. Ashley Roach - The Central Arctic Ocean: Another Global Commons
Survey Articles
Amitai Etzioni - The Case for Decoupled Armed Interventions
Peter M. Haas - The Political Economy of Ecology: Prospects for Transforming the World Economy at Rio Plus 20
Ross P. Buckley - Reforming the International Monetary Fund
Practitioner Commentaries
Braz Baracuhy - Running into a Brick Wall: The WTO Doha Round, Governance Gap and Geopolitical Risks
Sudip Banerjee - Going Green in IT
Toni Muzi Falconi - From ‘Public’ to ‘Stakeholder Relationships’: A Challenge to Governance in Organisations
Responses to Articles
Kishore Mahbubani - The OECD: A Classic Sunset Organisation
Review Essay
Francesca Klug - The Last Utopia
Reviews
John Kane - Moral Movements and Foreign Policy
Michael Byers - The Future History of the Arctic
Alexander Kleibrink - How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace
Amy Smith - Strengthening Peace in Post-Civil War States: Transforming Spoilers into Stakeholders
Vijay Mehta - United Nations Reform and the New Collective Security