Nothing justifies the killing of another human being, nothing justifies the attack on an another state (e.g. the attack from the “Russian Federation” and its helping countries on “Ukraine”), and nothing justifies in our view the suppression of different cultures within a country, as long as there is a peaceful…
global governance, geo-politics, and democracy
Latest news about global governance, democracy developments, and corresponding geo-political decision-making, from the clear perspective of building strong global democratic structures and processes that could lead toward a new healthy and thus sustainable global society.
global governance, geo-politics, and democracy
0.1% of military budget for global democracy and global peace
Ahead of the “2025 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in The Hague” (24 – 25 Jun. 2025) we ask leaders and decision makers to further focus their effort on the development of global democracy as the best way towards global & sustainable peace. We wish to have a discussion…
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“Eurovision Song Contest” shows great potential for global united society
Change demands passion, collaboration demands humanity, and a united society demands love and creativity. Art and culture can provide all of these so very important credentials for a healthy and thus sustainable (global) society. “There is no Christian, no Muslim, no Jewish blood. There is only human blood.I say, be…
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Trump administration acknowledges global warming
With the official trip from Mr. Vance et al. to Greenland, the Trump administration most importantly acknowledges global warming. The press conference from Mr. Vance “visiting” Greenland, March 28, 2025 (e.g. Forbes Breaking News) reveals, the Trump administration acts like the Putin administration with the “peaceful” annexation of Krim 2014….
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Make planet Earth great (again)
To start with, our mother planet Earth is great. Everyone can experience that. It just takes a walk out into nature keeping your aesthetics open – seeing the beauty with your eyes, enjoying the sun or rainfall with your skin, “listening to the silence” from nature, tasting the fruits, smelling…
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2024 Nobel Prize supports (global) democracy
The 2024 “Nobel Prize” within Economic Sciences goes to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson: “These contributions are also of practical importance because the large and persistent income gap between the world’s richest and poorest countries has enormous consequences for billions of people living in the world today….
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2024 United States presidential election show very strong need for global democracy
It is the same pattern with the “United States of America” (USA), as it is in Europe. People feel the pressure from a globalised economy and feel the influence from a globalised society. They might not fully understand all the very complex correlations, nevertheless they do feel affected, attacked, targeted,…
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2024 UNDP survey shows very high potential for global direct democratic vote on ‘climate action’
“80 percent of people globally want stronger climate action by governments.” Over 73.000 people speaking 87 different languages across 77 countries were asked 15 questions on climate change for the “Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024” survey. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford conducted a “Computer Assisted Telephone…
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2024 G7 summit shows weak global governance to actually mitigate global warming et al.
Reading the “Apulia G7 Leaders’ Communiqué” from the “2024 G7 summit” held in Borgo Egnazia (Fasano) in Apulia, Italy, from June 13-15, 2024, might give the impression, the world is heading in some good direction. Yes, we want to acknowledge, there are quite some well chosen approaches. We miss the…
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77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) shows global spirit and the potential for global democracy
The “World Health Organization” (WHO) held its 77th World Health Assembly (WHA77) in Geneva, Switzerland, from 27 May till 1 June 2024. The theme of this year’s Health Assembly was “All for Health, Health for All”. The “World Health Assembly” (WHA) is the main decision-making body of the WHO with…