Divided Nations
Divided Nations With rapid globalization, the world is more deeply interconnected than ever before. Rapid urbanization, together with technological leaps, such as the Internet, mean that we are now…
Specifikacia Divided Nations
Divided Nations
With rapid globalization, the world is more deeply interconnected than ever before. Rapid urbanization, together with technological leaps, such as the Internet, mean that we are now physically and virtually closer than ever in humanity's history.We face a number of international challenges - climate change, pandemics, cyber security, and migration - which spill over national boundaries. While this has its advantages, it also brings with it systemic risks that are only just being identified and understood.
By setting out the nature of the problems and It is becoming increasingly apparent that the UN, the IMF, the World Bank - bodies created in a very different world, more than 60 years ago - are inadequate for the task of managing such risk in the 21st century.Ian Goldin explores whether the answer is to reform the existing structures, or to consider a new and radical approach.