Global-scale problems require global-scale solutions. The UN and its subsidiary bodies, which are the only existing intergovernmental mechanisms for global decision making and action, are toothless (by design). They rely on the goodwill and cooperation of nation-states that, in their own self-interest, can easily stymie a global agenda. The Paris Climate Accord is a thumping example of such a debacle. Do we need true global governance to solve humanity’s largest challenges? Some political analysts predict a global, democratic government in the next 200 years after all other options have failed. The Coronavirus Crisis should have been treated similarly to WWII. It has affected every country on the planet. It has had major impacts on every country, its economies, and its citizens. The petty politicking was of no help at all. Have we learned nothing from the AIDS epidemic, the errors the most advanced countries made that prevented proper research and treatment for most of the 1980s? Illnesses don’t care about a country’s or a planet’s economy. Illnesses have no interest in one’s economic status, education, skin color, religion, sexual preferences, or politics. Those are human issues. All illnesses care about is spreading themselves around to ensure their survival. And even … Continue reading Coronavirus: The Unlearnt Lessons?