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institutions & governmentEveryone likes the idea of fair, accountable and effective international institutions to cope with global economic, environment and security issues. But what form should they take? David Held and Paul Hirst argue for gradual reform within. George Monbiot advocates root and branch democratisation of the UN, and the creation of a new economic order. Other contributors identify key dilemmas and suggest creative solutions.
A crucial round of elections finds Hugo Chávez’s tumultuous revolution at a historic impasse
An agreement over Bolivia’s constitution sets the stage for another epic political year
Democracy's advance has shaped the world's experience for three decades. A new debate is timely, says the head of International IDEA
A political crisis in Bangkok is a dangerous distraction from the insurgency in Thailand’s south
Brazil’s municipal elections reveal the democratic benefits of political division
The G20 summit needs to match the progressive global ambitions of 1944-45. Step forward, Europe
The Security Council's sclerosis is just one flaw in a body that needs drastic renovation
France’s president has wider ambitions. He may be reminded that all politics is local
The world's financial, governance, climate and power problems are part of a single challenge
The nuclear deal with Pyongyang is back on track. But the regime's politics are critical to its fate
A small-island people have written a new chapter in the history of their land - and of democracy
The arrest of Chile's former dictator remains a landmark
event in international justice
The pressures of debt, peak oil and climate change require a radical policy response
The fiery Preah Vihear crisis fuses historical tensions and domestic politics
The ruling party's power-struggle is a cloud over South Africa's political future
The financial crisis is causing political tensions in Europe. The response will be - more integration
Two years since a brave writer's killing, Tanya Lokshina's tribute; and her own Chechen report
A hard-won principle established to defend people from atrocity is more than ever needed
Anwar Sadat was killed on this day in 1981. What has changed in Egypt since? (archive)
Financial regulation should be flexible, pragmatic, local, not centralised, rule-bound, global
To reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, the world must learn to think on the run
The test of economic reform's next round is already dampening post-Olympics euphoria
The global financial crisis needs a system-wide solution not a quick fix Plus: Russia's fallout, and no crony solution
The US government's bailout of Wall Street signals a revolution in financial governance
The international debt crisis exposes the failure of the world’s financial architecture
A new regional body attempts to calm Bolivia’s political turmoil. A hard job in a fractured land
The burden of France's foreign-policy change under Nicolas Sarkozy may be too heavy to bear
Another year, another prime minister. A misunderstood Japanese parable explains why
The global financial fall continues. A map of wreckage, culprits, solutions (archive)
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