As the world confronts myriad, interconnected challenges—from ending civil wars and extreme poverty to combating climate change and information warfare—the very concept of global collective action is in question. At the same time, the world faces a severe, and widening, governance deficit as our system of global governance is continually asked to do more with less. In addition to multiple challenges and obstacles to deliver justice and security across the globe, the current system is under attack by resurgent nationalism, protectionism, and critiques of the multilateral system’s legitimacy. Stimson’s Global Governance, Justice & Security Program (GGJustSec) aims to advance more capable global and regional institutions to better cope with existing and emerging global challenges and to create new opportunities through effective multilateral action, including with the global business community and civil society.
The Global Governance, Justice & Security program contributes timely knowledge products to an intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder conversation to produce meaningful changes in the international system. It builds directly on major milestones achieved by the Albright-Gambari Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance (2014-2016) and Stimson’s Just Security 2020 Program (2016-2020), in addition to closely collaborating with the Coalition for the UN We Need, Together First, and Alliance for Multilateralism. Through a combination of policy dialogues, research and analysis, and online network-building, the program engages stakeholders to create change through four major (project-level) work streams.
Beyond UN75 considers the new kinds of tools, networks, and institutions, combined with enlightened global leadership, required to take forward the twelve commitments at the heart of the UN75 Declaration
June 21, 2021
Synthesis of major insights and recommendations on Middle East and North Africa’s role in supporting progressive change and advancing the UN75 Declaration
June 9, 2021
Perspectives on practical yet ambitious proposals for the Secretary-General’s forthcoming Our Common Agenda report.
June 9, 2021
Discussion on taking forward the UN75 Declaration commitments #8 We will upgrade the United Nations and #9 We will ensure sustainable financing
June 4, 2021
The Global Cooperation Podcast’s newest episode Multilateralism - Can we still build on it?, featuring The Stimson Center’s Global Governance, Justice & Security Director, Richard Ponzio.
June 2, 2021
Discussion on taking forward the UN75 Declaration commitments #6 We will build trust and #7 We will improve digital cooperation
May 21, 2021
Discussion on taking forward the UN75 Declaration commitments #3 We will promote peace and prevent conflict and #4 We will abide by international law and ensure justice
May 12, 2021
For decades, multilateralism, built on a common overarching vision, has anchored Europe's longest-ever period of peace and stability. That alone should qualify the European Union to serve as a model for the UN’s renewal.
April 27, 2021
