STWR - Share The World's Resources

Following a dizzying night of electoral politics in the US, leading European commentators and statesmen outline their vision of 'change we can believe in' - highlighting themes of new economic governance, climate change and multilateral diplomacy through the United Nations. By Spiegel.

The end of neoliberal economic philosophy following the global financial crisis spells the need for a new international financial framework based on a new global reserve currency. Joseph Stiglitz interviewed in New York by Kiyoshi Okonogi.

The economic freedom promised through the liberalisation of market forces has, in reality, resulted in a freedom for the very few and a contradiction of the promise that increased wealth will be shared - demanding a reframing of the concepts of 'democracy' and 'human rights', says Adam W. Parsons.

The crisis-ridden financial system has long failed to do the basic job required – to underpin our fundamental operating systems. It is time to use finance to support the natural economy of family, community, society and the earth's biosphere, argues Stephen Spratt.

In light of the current humanitarian disaster in the Congo, powerful governments continue to ignore the bloody nexus of mineral extraction and civil war. However, a series of UN documents lay bare the influence of external intervention and multinational corporations in the country. By Jooneed Khan.

Global water mismangement and free-market logic will lead to a 'humanitarian crisis' and international 'water wars' - all the more reason to cooperatively share our resources and cut excess consumption, argues Juliette Jowit.

The idea of a permanent war economy linking the “military-industrial-media complex” can be traced to long before the current US administration. With $1 trillion a year in military spending and facing financial meltdown, is US policy now ripe for a change? By John Bellamy Foster et al.

In 1944, the world's most powerful nations met at Bretton Woods, United States, to create the financial architecture for a post-war era. Against a backdrop of 'financial anarchy,' world leaders will meet on November 15th to shape a new economic order again - but what can we expect from 'Bretton Woods II'?

The convergence of the food, financial and climate crises shows populations the need to free themselves from the productivist model of capitalist society. Globalisation has not delinked or disconnected economies - which means the current crisis is only the beginning, argues Eric Toussaint.

The global financial downturn is certain to put even more strain on the poorer nations of the globe, placing more responsibility on the global north to maintain its support for the MDGs - promises that are being monitored by a growing global anti-poverty movement, says Anita Sharma.