Abstract
Abstract After the Cold War, global governance emerged as an umbrella to address transnational challenges. But this concept is still somewhat ambiguous, and so is the contemporary world order, where a significant power shift has occurred from the nation-State to the “new actors.” On the other hand, it is now over a year since a global threat emerged, affecting millions of people. The COVID-19 challenge revealed several flaws in the contemporary world order, the United Nations system, and the international organizations’ role. It is therefore imperative that we ask ourselves about the nation-State’s ability to face the COVID-19 challenge on its own, as an introduction to raise the topic of facing the future transnational challenges. In this setting, the objective of this study is to shed the light on the aforementioned flaws, the contemporary challenges, and the way we tackle new threats as human beings. This study was conducted using a qualitative methodological approach based on analysis of secondary data. Following deductive reasoning, it highlights the importance of global governance in facing contemporary challenges in general before addressing the COVID-19 issue in particular. Study findings show that states, international organizations, and unofficial actors need to update the traditional approach to transnational challenges towards global governance. In this context, international conferences are a necessary tool to tackle new challenges related to human security.
Highlights
In early 2020, the world was shocked by the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), known as the COVID-19 pandemic
After the Cold War, global governance emerged as an umbrella to address global and transnational challenges
This concept is still somewhat ambiguous, and so is the contemporary world order, where a significant power shift has occurred from the nation-State to the “new actors”, for example, NGOs, international organizations, transnational corporations
Summary
In early 2020, the world was shocked by the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), known as the COVID-19 pandemic. Before discussing the reasons that undermined the international efforts to fight the COVID-19 virus, we see the necessity to try to develop a theoretical framework for “global governance” because of the enigmatic nature of this concept, knowing that the global approach to this challenge is related to the development of another concept: “security.”. “global governance” is an experience- based network of complex relationships aiming to describe international problems to control and solve the confusing changes in the contemporary world order. Scholars find it difficult to define the contemporary world order. In light of the unclear world order and shifts in international relations, “global governance” is emerging as a means of change and development, with the participation of new actors, especially in terms of human security
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