Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 13:46
Paul Raskin
This path-breaking book presents a fresh vision for a sustainable world. It describes the historic roots, current dynamics, future perils, and alternative pathways for world development. It advances one of these paths, Great Transition, as the preferred route, identifying strategies, agents of change, and values for a new global agenda. |
Sunday, March 31, 2002 - 12:04
Robert Cooper
The post-modern-state system has broken down national borders and rejected force for resolving disputes. The EU is the most developed example of this, but not the only one. |
Friday, October 12, 2001 - 10:19
Pierre Calame
The current system of governance is no longer adapted to the challenges of tomorrow's world. Its architecture must be based on a new vision of the world and on universally acknowledged principles so that its legitimacy is accepted by all. |
Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 15:52
Olivier Ranke
Proposal Paper containing different definitions of the forest, an analysis of the conflicts between forest and other land uses, with special focus on the economic and environmental impacts of increased use of land for agriculture. |
Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 14:50
Rolf Künnemann
While investigating the extraterritorial scope of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), this paper introduces the threefold classification of internal, external, and international obligations applicable to all Human Rights treaties. |
Sunday, December 31, 2000 - 11:55
Ulrich Beck
The global terrorist threat is part of the risk society and blurs the distinction between internal and external security. Ulrich Beck concludes that in order to be able to deal with their national problems, today's states have to de-nationalize and transnationalize themselves. |
Thursday, September 30, 1999 - 12:30
Edgar Morin
If we want the Earth to be able to meet the needs of its human population, society must undergo a transformation. Thus, tomorrow's world must be fundamentally different than the one we know today. |
Monday, May 5, 1997 - 12:51
Etienne Balibar
National borders have drawn up anti-democratic conditions from a partial, limited, unreal democracy, obtained within the framework of some nations. |