Global Governance vs. the Liberal Democratic Nation-State: What Is the Best Regime?
These ideas have become popular in European political discourse and have begun to influence American political thought as well. This threat needs to be confronted, as “the governing center-left has internalized global governance and is prepared to promote it” and “the governing center-right has for the most part failed to engage on the issue” due to an “underdeveloped conceptualization.” Rather than ignoring the seriousness of the global governance movement, Fonte says that it is important that the center-right recognize that “global governance is a regime challenge.” Mr. Fonte presented his essay at the 2008 Bradley Symposium in Washington, D.C. on June 4. Jim Kelly is the President of Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, P.C., a public interest civil and human rights law firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. The opinions expressed herein are his own.
