History is repeating.
When European powers try to enact a worldwide dictatorship, it always ends in millions of deaths.
The U.S. has always intervened to stop it, but that might not happen this time.
download the full PDF file:
11 Sept 2017: Council on Foreign Relations: From International Institutions and Global Governance Program
Innovations in Global Governance
Peace-Building, Human Rights, Internet Governance and Cybersecurity, and Climate Change
Overview
Over the last three decades, a diverse collection of actors—private corporations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and subnational (state, provincial, and urban) governments—has developed and promoted a global agenda of collective action. From advancing human rights to combating climate change, these actors have become new governors in world politics. More recently, a second movement — a loose array of populist and nationalist groups and governments — has questioned the forward momentum of institutionalized global cooperation. Brexit, followed by the Donald J. Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Agreement on climate change, as well as proposed cuts in U.S. contributions to the United Nations and development assistance, suggest a weakening — if not undermining — of the network of treaties, institutions, and relationships constructed over the last seventy years...
https://www.cfr.org/report/innovations-global-governance?utm_campaign=Governance-Innovations-Report&utm_medium=earned&utm_source=redirect
read these two chapters in the above:
“Innovations in Global Climate Governance,” by Karen Florini
“The New Climate Governance Paradigm,” by Robert C. Orr
About the two authors:
Robert C. Orr serves as dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and UN under secretary-general and special advisor to the secretary-general on climate change. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, Orr served as assistant secretary-general for strategic planning in the executive office of the United Nations secretary-general from 2004 to 2014 and was the principal advisor to the secretary-general on counterterrorism, peace-building, women’s and children’s health, sustainable energy, food and nutrition, institutional innovation, public-private partnership, and climate change. Orr joined the United Nations from Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, where he served as the executive director. Prior to this, he served as director of the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. He has served in senior posts in the government of the United States, including deputy to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and director of global affairs at the National Security Council.
notice how Florini left the State Dept in January 2017:
Climate Central: Karen Florini, Vice President for Programs
Karen Florini is Vice President for Programs at Climate Central, where her roles include developing and implementing communications strategies that reach and move large U.S. and global audiences as well as key decision-makers. In addition, she leads the integration of Climate Central’s program efforts, and oversees the creation and distribution of the group’s products to the public and thought leaders.
From April 2015 to January 2017, Florini served as Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State. In that capacity, she helped lead the Global Climate Change Initiative, a whole-of-government mechanism for integrating climate change into foreign assistance. She also led the State Department’s engagement with businesses, state and local governments, and civil society in the climate negotiations context. In addition, she headed the State Department’s portfolio on short-lived climate pollutants, which included overseeing U.S. participation in the multilateral Climate and Clean Air Coalition...
http://www.climatecentral.org/what-we-do/people/karen-florini