As the 21st Century lurches from one crisis to another, there has been an explosion of interest in global governance. The Binding of Nations suggests that the time is ripe for a new international organisation, a Global Union based upon a limited sharing of sovereignty. It examines the successes and failures of the European Union as a sovereignty-sharing organisation, and suggests that this unique institution has a critical role to play in the development of a more effective world order.
The EU began as a Community of Six sharing sovereignty in the particular area of Coal and Steel, before growing into a Union of twenty-seven members. They quarrel and have their 'red lines', but they share enough sovereignty to act effectively. This book shows that the same principle could be applied to a Global Union and claims that it would prove far more successful than existing international institutions, including the UN.