STWR - Share The World's Resources

The film "Battle in Seattle" ends with the admonition that "the battle continues" - and the struggle in the coming years will be to compel those in power to transform campaign-trail rhetoric into a real rejection of corporate globalization, writes Mark Engler.

The world's political leaders need to honour their pledges and wholeheartedly tackle the big global challenges, says Jeffrey Sachs.

A multipolar world must prepare for a relative decline in US power and the turbulence that may follow, writes Immanuel Wallerstein.

Climate, oil and food crisis - it's no longer business as usual for world's leaders, writes Larry Elliott.

The post-war global institutions have largely worked well. But rising countries and growing threats are challenging their pre-eminence, writes The Economist.