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Advancing dialogues on global political integration, global democracy & governance. See World Orders Forum at https://t.co/tKOHBuyTf9
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Upcoming event at Birkbeck/Univ of London -- "Does the World Need a Government?" Workshop featuring leading academics working on global governance reform/world government questions. Highly recommended. You can register here to join remotely.
bbk.ac.uk
A meeting organised by the School of Natural Sciences in association with Birkbeck's Centre for the Study of Internationalism.
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The World Is My Country: Great film on Garry Davis, screening for a very reasonable price here. Davis in 1940s famously surrendered his citizenship and promoted global integration as 'World Citizen #1.' Highly compelling figure.
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RT @SIPRIorg: Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—🇺🇸🇷🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024,….
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Worth celebrating, and studying: the realization of a vision dating back hundreds of years. A struggle to achieve it and a struggle to keep it, but represents living proof of an alternate approach to borders and the movement of persons, with free-mvt regimes in S. America, etc.
The Schengen Agreement was signed exactly 40 years ago, in the Luxembourgian village bearing that name. It presents the greatest achievement of European federalism and international politics. 29 states, 450 million people, 4,595,000 km2. And no internal borders!
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Never not terrifying: good rundown here from @washingtonpost of nuclear near misses. Good for classroom use -- possibly paired with something Waltzian positing a stable balance of terror in global system:
washingtonpost.com
Nuclear accidents are a fact of life for as long as these weapons exist.
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RT @ilo: 📢 The biggest international conference on the world of work is coming!. ILO Director-General @GilbertFHoungbo shares what to expe….
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New and notable on Dante's conception of the nation and world government:.
tandfonline.com
In much extant scholarship, Dante is either misused as the prophet of the modern Italian nation-state or dismissed as a naive imperialist. This paper steers clear of both these characterizations an...
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Certainly watching this space. .
The May 2025 Eurobarometer shows Europeans desire a stronger, unified Europe. 81% back a shared defense policy—the highest since 2004. 78% worry about EU security. Trust in the EU is at 52%. It's time for federal reforms in foreign and defense policy. The future is now. 🇪🇺
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RT @EarthCiv: My new essay/blog on Planetary Federalism for @StreitCouncil follows the spirit of Clarence Streit's Union Now (1939) - but a….
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Great, accessible summary here of key points made in Mathias Koenig-Archibugi's stellar new book, The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? (Oxford U Press):. @farsanghassim @YWF_Global @unpacampaign @CampbellCraig1 @tizistella.
democracywithoutborders.org
This article was originally published on iai.tv A spectre is haunting political philosophy—the spectre of world government. Theorists argue passionately about what a just world order would look like,...
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RT @GloDemCoalition: This week, our Coalition Partner, the @josefkorbel School of International Studies, is hosting the 4th Annual Denver D….
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RT @antonioguterres: To the financial institutions & industries backtracking on climate commitments, I want to say loudly & clearly:. You’r….
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RT @worldcitizengov: Observed on Gandhi’s birthday, the International Day of Non-Violence reminds us of the power of nonviolent action to a….
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RT @GGINetwork: 🔴 LIVE NOW: Taking the #SummitOfTheFuture Agenda forward! . @StimsonCenter @BahaiBIC @mfespinosaEC
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RT @GloDemCoalition: Happening Later Today! Join us for the panel "Economic Injustice, Social Unrest, and the Erosion of Democracy", hosted….
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