Volume 37 (2019), Edition 4

The term Weltinnenpolitik was coined by Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. In contrast to the more famous concept of global governance, Weltinnenpolitik tries to simulate a global state - especially the monopoly of the use of force - as far as possible...

Weizsäcker’s Weltinnenpolitik approach relies on the political philosophies of Hobbes, Kant, and - in some aspects - Elias. The concept is characterized by state centrism, sparks of violence in the service to peace, and a deep rootedness in the...

Global-regional partnerships between the United Nations (UN) and so-called regional organisations like the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) are the new reality of the global peace and security regime. At first glance, these...

The global jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court completes Weizsäcker’s One World Policy approach. Eventually, it will be applied to Myanmar’s actions against its Rohingya population. Still, Myanmar refuses a supranational trial,...

Multilateralism is currently in a crisis, according to many opinions. However, this is only partly true. It is noticeable that particularly the powerful states are questioning multilaterally negotiated procedures as a cornerstone of the current...

Based on a distinction between „incomplete“, „active“ and „complete“ global domestic policy as three sequential phases in a development towards „permanent supranational institutions“, the paradigm change necessary to achieve the...

The persistence of Euro- and Western-centric universalization within the concept of Weltinnenpolitik is the cause of the theory-immanent suppression of asymmetrical power and rule relations. The nexus of postcolonial criticism and current...