The NZ think-tank seeking answers to the 'global questions'
- How does ‘global studies’ better inform the political, professional, and academic communities about world affairs in the 21st century?
- What is the difference between the ‘global community of peoples’ and the ‘international community of states’; and how do they inter-relate?
- How do the Centre’s ‘structural programmes’ (global citizenship; global governance; global law) inter-relate; and how do they influence the Centre’s ‘thematic programmes’ (global security; global sustainability’)?
- How to bring 20th thought – the foundation of the international system – into the 21st c. with optimal balance between stability and creativity, to solve our contemporary global problems?
- How to ensure that current ‘global dynamics’, both spatial (inter-regional) and temporal (inter-generational) are harnessed most effectively in the global public interest?
Events
There are no upcoming events at this time.Religions for Peace [postponed]
The Centre will be hosting a speaking-tour for Prof Azza Karam, former UN official, Professor of Theology, and Secretary-General of Religions for Peace International. She will give talks and hold me...
May 9 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pmSubmissions on international criminal law
On 30 April, members of the Centre made verbal presentations, in support of written submissions, to Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, on two amendments to the Rome Statute on international cri...
April 30 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pmGlobal Governance [postponed]
The Centre will be hosting two events for Dr Augusto Lopez-Claros, internationally-renowned economist, whose co-edited book has just been published: Global Governance & the Emergence of Global In...
April 4 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pmAggression as a crime
On 7 February the Director of the Centre lodged a submission to the NZ Parliament’s select committee on making international aggression by New Zealand a domestic leadership crime. This has already c...
February 7 @ 5:00 pm
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