The Global Order Project is an interdisciplinary research network that was initiated by the former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo. We define Global Order broadly as: a global system, in which international actors behave according to specific determinants. In constructing our current and future Global Order, we see three major challenges:

1. Different academic disciplines have different understandings of Global Order as well as the actors and determinants that define it. This ranges from the assumption of anarchy to the rule of law, and states as only actors to the empowerment of individuals. 

2. Different regions of the world differ greatly in their view of the current, as well as a desired future Global Order. The arguably largest division runs along the global north-south divide, but different regions that warrant different types of Global Order are manyfold and include divisions between the US and Europe or Asia and ‘the West’, to the extent that one can even group these regions together. Conflicts arise not at least because of such differing descriptive and normative perceptions of Global Order.

3. Finally, different generations will need to work together toward a common Global Order. Only by sharing knowledge, views, and ideas between the most experienced figures of Global Order and those that might shape it in the future, will we succeed in actively designing the world around us. 

 

The Global Order Project takes on the ambitious task of bridging these gaps in order to create a common Global Order for the future. Creating exchange of research between students and experts in the network as well as common events, such as the past conference on “Pragmatism and Justice in Global Order” in June 2015, will be small steps within an ambitious mission.