Global Risks

Over the last decades and especially in the new millennium, global society is increasingly facing new risks and challenges on a global scale, demanding global solutions. With their articles on global risks, the authors have contributed to a topic that suffers from severe under-specification. Their contributions can be summoned up under three headings: Identification and Assessment, Normative Reflections and Alternative Modes of Governance. Each of the assembled articles shows, from very different academic perspectives, how international actors states as well as regional and international organisations deal with global risks that in today's globalised world affect not only one state or region, but the international community as a whole.

Autorentext

Jana Hertwig, LLM, serves as Research Associate at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Sylvia Maus, LLM, Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen, MA, and Matthias Schuler, MA, are all researchers and lecturers at the Technische Universität Dresden.

Inhalt
Contents: Jana Hertwig/Sylvia Maus/Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen/Matthias Schuler: Global Risks - An Introduction Jörn Richert: Climate Change and the Transformation of Security - Political Consequences of the Emerging Discourse on Capitol Hill Anke Dahrendorf: Global Proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: A Threat for the World Trade Organization and/or for Developing Countries? Christian Burckhardt: Building a Better World? Assessing the European Union's Military Operations in Africa Kinka Gerke-Unger/Solveig Richter: Global Risks: Identification, Assessment and Management Vanessa Holzer: The Relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention for the Protection of Individuals Forced to Flee Armed Conflicts Joris Larik: Corporate International Criminal Responsibility: Oxymoron or an Effective Tool for 21st Century Governance? Nicolas Lamp: Democracy in the WTO - The Limits of the Legitimacy Debate Alexander Brand/Tina Roeder: Normative Reflections to Enhance Existing Modes of Governance - Comment Susanne Lechner: The Exit Option in the Treaty of Lisbon: More Harm than Good? Ewa Karwowski: Challenging the Conventional Banking System: Does Islamic Banking Provide More Financial Stability? Carolin Görzig: Risking War to Take a Chance on Peace? The Risk Paradox of Self-Perpetual Violence Regina Heller/Cornelia Manger-Nestler: Alternative Modes of Governance - A Critical Appraisal.