GPPi to co-host discussion on the state of global cooperation

On 12 February 2014, GPPi and the Hertie European and Global Governance Cluster will host a discussion on the current state of global cooperation at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. The event will feature the launch of Thomas Hale’s most recent book Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation Is Failing When We Need It Most. Hale, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and former GGF fellow, co-authored the book with David Held of Durham University and Kevin Young of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 

In the book, Hale gives a failing grade to global cooperation. Existing institutions created for a different world have locked in pathological decision-making procedures that are leading global cooperation to fail us. From security issues to the global economy and the environment, the book analyzes the mechanisms of the current gridlock and proposes pathways beyond them. 

For the panel discussion, Hale will be joined by Xenia Jakob of the German Federal Foreign Office and Inge Kaul, who teaches at the Hertie School of Governance and advises various governmental, multilateral and non-profit organizations on policy options to meet global challenges. The event will be introduced by GPPi Director Thorsten Benner and moderated by Nina Hall from the Hertie School of Governance.