Global Risks: Constructing World Order through Law, Politics and Economics (Dresdner Schriften zu Recht und Politik der Vereinten Nationen / Dresden Papers on Law and Policy of the United Nations)

276 Pages·2010·1.682 MB·English

by  Jana Hertwig (editor), Sylvia Maus (editor), Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen (editor), Matthias Schuler (editor)

14 Dresdner Schriften zu Recht und Politik
der Vereinten Nationen
Over the last decades and especially in the new millennium, global society is
increasingly facing new risks and challenges on a global scale, demanding S 44
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global solutions. With their articles on global risks, the authors have contrib-
uted to a topic that suffers from severe under-specification. Their contributions of the United Nations
can be summoned up under three headings: Identification and Assessment,
Normative Reflections and Alternative Modes of Governance. Each of the
assembled articles shows, from very different academic perspectives, how Herausgegeben von/edited by Zentrum für Internationale Studien/
international actors – states as well as regional and international organisa-
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tions – deal with global risks that in today’s globalised world affect not only one
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14 Dresdner Schriften zu Recht und Politik
der Vereinten Nationen
Over the last decades and especially in the new millennium, global society is
increasingly facing new risks and challenges on a global scale, demanding S 44
Dresden Papers on Law and Policy HK
global solutions. With their articles on global risks, the authors have contrib-
uted to a topic that suffers from severe under-specification. Their contributions of the United Nations
can be summoned up under three headings: Identification and Assessment,
Normative Reflections and Alternative Modes of Governance. Each of the
assembled articles shows, from very different academic perspectives, how Herausgegeben von/edited by Zentrum für Internationale Studien/
international actors – states as well as regional and international organisa-
Sabine von Schorlemer School of International Studies,
tions – deal with global risks that in today’s globalised world affect not only one
Technische Universität Dresden/
state or region, but the international community as a whole.
University of Dresden
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national Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Sylvia Maus, LL.M., Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen, M.A., and Matthias g /
Schuler, M.A., are all researchers and lecturers at the Technische Universität wi
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Global Risks
Dresdner Schriften zu Recht und Politik
der Vereinten Nationen
Dresden Papers on Law and Policy
of the United Nations
Herausgegeben von/edited by
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Zentrum für Internationale Studien/
School of International Studies,
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Constructing World Order through Law,
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Acknowledgments
A book like this one is only possible with the support of many people. We were
fortunate to have had the assistance of many remarkable people, only a few of
whom we are able to acknowledge here.
We express our appreciation to all of the authors for their commitment to this
common project, particularly for their exceptional contributions as well as for
their patience and co-operation at all times.
Having been more or less novices in the field of academic editing, we are
deeply grateful for generous support and advice by established scholars. In
particular, we owe a great debt of gratitude to the members of the Research
Council of the School of International Studies, who offered critical and
constructive input during the peer review process: Professor Monika Medick-
Krakau (Founding Director of the School of International Studies), Professor
Ulrich Fastenrath (Academic Director of the School of International Studies),
Professor Sabine von Schorlemer, as well as Professor Udo Broll and Professor
Alexander Kemnitz. We also like to thank Professor Cornelia Manger-Nestler,
(Leipzig University of Applied Sciences) and PD Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze
(Ruhr-Universität Bochum) who have supported us with their expert opinion.
We would further like to thank the commentators. Not only did they draw
the academic bow in the three parts of the volume with their comments, they
also greatly assisted and supported us in the process of the set up of the volume.
We would like to thank Alexander Brand, Dr. Regina Heller, Dr. Kinka Gerke-
Unger, Professor Cornelia Manger-Nestler, Dr. Solveig Richter, as well as
Dr. Tina Roeder. In addition, we are grateful for crucial advice received at
an early stage of the project by Dr. Daniel Mügge and Dr. Arne Niemann
(both University of Amsterdam). All of them have enriched and valuably
complemented this volume with their knowledge and experience in the field of
research of the present publication.
We are indebted to our student research assistants Carolin Erwerth, Anja Nier
and Ronny Rammelt who have been to a great extent responsible for editorial
reviews of the manuscripts and the final formatting. Their contribution to this
book cannot be summed up in words.
Our special thanks go to Professor von Schorlemer for including this volume
into her book series “Dresden Papers on Law and Policy of the United Nations”.
Last but not least we would like to thank the Vattenfall Europe AG for its
generous financial support without which this publication would not have been
possible.
Dresden/Berlin, March 2010
Jana Hertwig, Sylvia Maus, Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Matthias Schuler

Preface
The present volume assembles the written contributions made to the
interdisciplinary conference “Weltrisiken: Chancen einer Weiterentwicklung von
Ordnungsstrukturen durch Recht, Wirtschaft und Politik” on the occasion of the
10th anniversary of the B.A. programme “International Relations” at the School
of International Studies of the Technische Universität Dresden. The highly
competitive B.A. programme, with 36 students selected out of several hundred
applicants each year, is the only interdisciplinary undergraduate programme in
the field of international relations in Germany.
The great majority of the authors of the present volume as well as two
of the editors are alumni of the B.A. programme. The other two editors are
closely involved in the programme as researchers and lecturers at chairs
cooperating with the School of International Studies. Hence, this book is another
contribution in the tradition of the book series “Dresdner Schriften zu Recht
und Politik der Vereinten Nationen / Dresden Papers on Law and Policy of the
United Nations” that has repeatedly provided a platform for the results of the
latest research in cooperation with researchers at the Chair of International Law,
European Union Law and International Relations.
The research topic of the present volume, global risks, also sets forth the
interdisciplinary, problem-oriented teaching and research at the School of
International Studies. The selected contributions show from very different
academic perspectives how international actors, states as well as regional
and international organisations, deal with global risks. The authors and
commentators highlight that complex challenges demand multi-faceted,
pluri-disciplinary, and not least multilateral solutions. It becomes clear
throughout the volume that these solutions have to start with an informed and
thorough assessment of the dimensions of a global risk. They have to sound out
and evaluate the possibilities which international law, politics and economics
offer to tackle these risks, and they have to go beyond conventional modes
of governance to keep up with the pace of global change. Thus, the volume
presents an inspiring point of departure for further research in this field of study.
The editor of the book series would like to thank all persons involved for their
efforts and contributions to this volume and wishes the audience an insightful
and inspiring reading!
Dresden, March 2010
Sabine von Schorlemer