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.
The United Nations Department of Global Communications selects Stimson Research Associate as Co-chair of the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future
March 14, 2024
CIVICUS spoke with Richard Ponzio, Director of the Global Governance, Security and Justice program about the deficits of the global governance system
January 14, 2024
This institutionalization of youth engagement reflects an acknowledgement of the importance of guaranteeing youth participation in UN processes
January 4, 2024
CIVICUS spoke with Nudhara Yusuf about the deficits of the current global governance system and civil society’s proposals for reform
January 4, 2024
While a critical milestone, the Summit of the Future is an opportunity to build greater trust in the multilateral system
December 31, 2023
A reflection on lessons learned from the SDG Summit's Political Declaration 2023 for the road ahead
December 18, 2023
At Paris Peace Forum 2023, experts explored questions on improved global management of artificial intelligence
December 15, 2023
At the 2023 Doha Forum, this session featuring the Climate Governance Commission considered how addressing the global challenge of climate change requires coordinated international governance.
December 11, 2023
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