Global Risks

Contents: Jana Hertwig/Sylvia Maus/Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen/Matthias Schuler: Global Risks - An Introduction - Jörn Richert: Climate Change and the Transformation of Security - Political Consequences of the Emerging Discourse on Capitol Hill - Anke Dahrendorf: Global Proliferation of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: A Threat for the World Trade Organization and/or for Developing Countries? - Christian Burckhardt: Building a Better World? Assessing the European Union's Military Operations in Africa - Kinka Gerke-Unger/Solveig Richter: Global Risks: Identification, Assessment and Management - Vanessa Holzer: The Relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention for the Protection of Individuals Forced to Flee Armed Conflicts - Joris Larik: Corporate International Criminal Responsibility: Oxymoron or an Effective Tool for 21st Century Governance? - Nicolas Lamp: Democracy in the WTO - The Limits of the Legitimacy Debate - Alexander Brand/Tina Roeder: Normative Reflections to Enhance Existing Modes of Governance - Comment - Susanne Lechner: The Exit Option in the Treaty of Lisbon: More Harm than Good? - Ewa Karwowski: Challenging the Conventional Banking System: Does Islamic Banking Provide More Financial Stability? - Carolin Görzig: Risking War to Take a Chance on Peace? The Risk Paradox of Self-Perpetual Violence - Regina Heller/Cornelia Manger-Nestler: Alternative Modes of Governance - A Critical Appraisal.

Jana Hertwig, LLM, serves as Research Associate at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Sylvia Maus, LLM, Almut Meyer zu Schwabedissen, MA, and Matthias Schuler, MA, are all researchers and lecturers at the Technische Universität Dresden.