From global governance 1.0 to global governance 2.0: from progress to precarity

Speaker: Michael Barnett

Venue: Room 901, Department of Public Affairs, Zijingang Campus

Abstract: Global governance was first coined in the early and optimistic days following the end of the Cold War. Capitalizing on an ending to the Cold War no one expected, the international community experienced thoughts of new beginnings and possibilities. Confrontation and fear would now yield to cooperation and optimism. The world began building and expanding existing multilateral organizations to produce not only mutual gains but also a sense of global community. Around the turn of the century, though world order began to darken and notions of progress began to replace precarity. The drivers of the new worldview has led to a new round of global governance defined by precarity, uncertainty, and risk. What kinds of global institutions can and will be built in this new world order?