The End of multilateralism : whither global governance?

The end of the Cold War gave a new momentum to the multilateralism which had begun with the League of Nations and, later, the United Nations, but had been constrained by the rivalries of the superpowers. In the economic sphere the World Trade Organization brought development issues to the fore, whil...

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Main Author: Anyaoku, Emeka
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