Examining the Fundamental Challenges of Global Governance in the Absence of a World Government

The international challenges of the present era, including issues of peace and security, development and prosperity, human rights, the environment, migration, terrorism, and health, remain largely unresolved due to structural and normative problems in the global governance system. These challenges are exacerbated by factors such as the proliferation and fragmentation of institutions, weak cooperation, uncoordinated functioning, inadequacy of traditional mechanisms for managing international issues, instability in the balance of power, and lack of global community cohesion. In the context of global governance, increasing disorder, liberal bias, normative contradictions in human rights implementation, deficiencies in democratic legitimacy, slow adaptation, and lagging behind global developments highlight the limitations of the current system. A rights-based world government, due to its unique characteristics, could harmonize and coordinate management, establish hierarchical cooperation among actors, and create structural and procedural unity, thereby enhancing the capacity to manage and resolve these challenges.

This article addresses the primary question: what fundamental challenges does global governance face in the absence of a rights-based world government? Using a descriptive-analytical approach, the study identifies the dimensions of undesirable global governance and underscores the necessity of establishing a rights-based world government to overcome these challenges. The research concludes that structural, normative, and operational deficiencies in global governance render the creation of a comprehensive global authority essential for addressing the fundamental problems of the international system.