ABSTRACT
A principal theme of this section reveals a paradox: as global problems become more vexing and threatening due to globalization, our global governance capacity to solve them is diminishing rapidly. This fading capability of global governance is due in part to globalization itself. The world is transforming in ways that outstrip the experiences and, in some cases, the time to grasp and react to these changes. The rapid pace of globalization has accentuated our modern governance gap to the point where long-standing global governance approaches to solving problems seem less relevant to the global problems and crises we hear about every day. Whether it is in the areas of combating terrorist organizations, preventing human trafficking, fostering development in poor communities, responding to pandemics such as Ebola, Zika, or flus, relief and recovery efforts in the aftermath of natural disasters, curtailing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, preserving tropical rainforests, etc., global events seem to be happening quicker, on a larger scale, and with more profound implications-and sometimes larger unintended consequences-than we can comprehend.
