Globalization's Tripwires

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Globalization's rapid advance has highlighted the need for multilateral consensus. But in this September 2009 set of feature articles, World Politi... (More) Globalization's rapid advance has highlighted the need for multilateral consensus. But in this September 2009 set of feature articles, World Politics Review examines three important issues where such international consensus has been hard to come by: global trade; climate change; and U.N. Security Council reform. The U.N. climate change negotiations currently underway and set to conclude in Copenhagen late in 2009 are currently beset by a series of obstacles. The lofty ambitions with which Doha trade round was launched have become almost laughably implausible. And reform of the U.N. Security Council appears to be a never-ending carousel of fruitless negotiations. (Less)