title: Global Governance for Civilisational Crises
abstract: The world is facing an increasing number of civilisational crises which pose catastrophic risks capable of eroding or ending human civilisation. Our current multilateral order is not capable of mitigating these crises. The United Nations is not able to prevent wars involving superpowers or restrain the arms race in weapons of mass destruction. The weakening of multilateralism is mirrored in the strengthening of hyper-nationalism in many countries. It is necessary to reinvent a multilateral order