The Complexity Of Consensus
Substituting the conference table for the battlefield
“[N]o resolution is passed until every delegation has dissected it with jewellers’ tools,”
Herein, I wanted to talk about one of the main issues people have against federative bodies like the United Nations. What prompts me to talk about this are two things.
Firstly, I’ve long been an advocate of the work the United Nations does around the world; and I’ve grown especially weary of this so-called anti-globalist sentiment character of so many right wing populist movements that have swept the world in recent years — chief among them, Trumpism.
Secondly, and most recent, Ban Ki-moon, the former secretary-general of the United Nations just released a book I was gifted an advanced reading copy and invited to offer my review of. It’s called Resolved: Uniting Nations In A Divided World. If you’d like to watch my official response to it, follow the link: