GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Spring 2010

by Shixue Jiang

Deputy Director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of European Studies

With the emergence of so many global issues, strengthening global governance has become not just important but very necessary. To make it effective, we need to keep a number of principles in mind: First, global governance should be implemented in the framework of a multi-polar world order.

This means that the idea of a so-called G2 alliance between the United States and China is totally nonsense. China would never accept such a notion.

Second, global governance should never be used as a pretext to intervene in any nation’s internal affairs and sovereignty. In other words, it needs to be accompanied by cooperation, participation and mutual respect between nations.

And third, as part of the process of strengthening global governance, the interests of the developing countries must be protected. In particular, the emerging economies, such as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), must be given a major say in designing the rules that will relate to global governance.

And last but not the least, the United Nations must be given an important role in any future global governance arrangements.

 

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