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The Clark-Sohn Plan

World Peace through World Law was the title of a 1958 book that is generally regarded as a minimalist plan of world government. It was designed to abolish war by...

Winter is coming in Ukraine: Are there prospects for peace?

“How wars end is important. The First World War ended with the Versailles Treaty that many argue led to unresolved grievances and another war. The Second World War was followed...

Who Speaks for the World?

Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker...

International Survey: Citizens Want a Stronger and More Democratic UN

Since its creation, there have been discussions about reforming the United Nations. Soon after the UN was founded in 1945, public figures like Albert Einstein called for a much more...

Constitution for the Federation of Earth: Structure and Function

The first and most important feature of the “Earth Constitution” is that it is founded on the common dignity and humanity of the people of Earth, not on territorial sovereignty,...

A Principle-Driven Three-Step Action Plan for Building a World Federation

We live in a world that has become inextricably interconnected and interdependent: The world has de facto become a single organism. This reality has, however, made us susceptible to systemic...

It’s Time to End the Suffering

Our world is being crushed under a torrent of cascading crises. In the past two years alone, we have been buffeted by the twin crises of a global pandemic and...

Democracy in Decline?

Democracies throughout the world have been giving way to autocracies and nationalist movements in the last 15 years, as many people think. President Biden has announced a global struggle between...

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the World’s Future

By Lawrence S. Wittner Dr. Lawrence S. Wittner is professor of history emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press). This past January marked the...

War Crimes Are a Feature of the War System

By Byron Belitsos Belitsos is the managing editor of World Citizen, the monthly publication of Citizens for Global Solutions. He is coauthor of One World Democracy: A Progressive Vision for...

Ending the Race to the Bottom on Corporate Taxation

By Jane Shevtsov Jane Shevtsovis an ecologist and board member of the Citizens for Global Solutions. She teaches math for life sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. While...

The General Assembly Jurisdiction to Recommend the Use of Force

The General Assembly Jurisdiction to Recommend Measures to Address Peace and Security Situations This paper attempts to summarize the powers of the General Assembly (GA) to make recommendations on matters...

A New Foundation for a Sustainable World

The 7th Generation Initiative is working with the WFMC to stimulate thinking about what a post-growth world might be like. Growth has been our goal for so many generations that...

Mondial Interviews Amy Oloo Incoming Executive Director of WFM-IGP

Mondial: What are your first thoughts and impressions upon entering into your new position as the executive director of WFM-IGP? Amy: I’m incredibly honored by the opportunity to take on...

Make Peace Possible With a United Nations Emergency Peace Service

President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address in 1961 warned us about the existence of a military-industrial complex that exerts “unwarranted influence” and displays “the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced...

An Unusual Relationship: World Federalism and National Populism

In an era plagued by the rise of nationalist populists around the world, it is only fair to see the possibility of achieving world federalist objectives through a more pessimistic...

World Federation Through the Gradual Accession of Willing States

World Federation Through The Gradual Accession of Willing StatesSummary of a presentation by Alec Neilly, Board of Directors of the Young World Federalists, to the Toronto Branch of the World...

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Greening the World Economy For A Sustainable Future

Themes in Seth Klein’s Presentation and Discussion with The Toronto Branch of the World Federalist Movement of Canada on April 12th, 2022. Based on his recent book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for...

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Global Climate Accountability

Summary of Elizabeth May’s Zoom Presentation to the World Federalist Movement Canada, Toronto Branch on May 18, 2021. Her presentation was about a tale of two treaties. The first was...

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Reforming International Economic Institutions, For a More Prosperous, Just And Sustainable World Economic Order

Responding to the financial distress of the Great Depression and World War II, nations came together in 1944 at a conference in Bretton Woods, USA, to create an international monetary...

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