Title: Reforming the International Refugee Regime
The international refugee protection system is at a crossroads. Despite recent reforms, there has been little progress on ameliorating an increasingly intolerable situation
Title: What Borders Do We Need?
The article discusses the intrinsic link between human movement and the quest for freedom and self-determination. It explores the historical context of migration, emphasising its role in human history and the emergence
Title: How climate migration will accelerate the need for Free Global Cities
We are in the early phases of an epochal shift in the organization of global civilization driven by global megatrends such as urbanization
Title: The Philosophical Idea of Cities and States
The philosophical idea of the state encompasses various dimensions, including its role in human development, symbolic significance, and impact on individuals
Title: Cities: The Future Leaders in Public Governance
Since the mid-20th century, cities have become central to economic growth and sustainable development, now housing over half the world's population,
Title: How to Build a Good Country – or a Good City
In this chapter Simon Anholt discusses the moral imperative and practical necessity of addressing migration and other global challenges through collaborative
Title: The Power of Small and Smart
If there is an overwhelming priority or a paramount preoccupation common to all small states, including small city states, it is survival. The world has never
Title: Cities, not Camps
The chapter "Cities, Not Camps" emphasizes the importance of new cities as an alternative way to provide people with prospects and opportunities for their own development.
Title: Free Private Cities – A new operating system on the market of living together
In 2022 the number of displaced people around the world reached 100 million for
Title: Inclusive Development Zones: A Model for Supporting the Spontaneous Order of Informal Economies
This chapter explores the concept of Inclusive Development Zones (IDZs) as a tool for integrating migrants and low-income
Title: Planning new cities via Isobenefit Urbanism
Isobenefit Urbanism would be used to create the first Free Global Isobenefit City which will be a walkable green settlement, regardless its growth, dimension,
Title: Challenges of Public Administration – how municipalities shape the future
Cities shape the future. It is the place where 70% of the world’s population will live by 2050. It is where global challenges like climate
Title: The importance of the rule of law
This chapter seeks to fulfil four tasks: (1) In the first place, it sets out a characterization of the rule of law. Being a normative constraint against which political systems can be evaluated,
Title: Independent and Effective Dispute Resolution: Courts, Arbitration, Conciliation, Mediation
Dispute resolution plays a vital role in upholding the rule of law, protecting rights, resolving conflicts
Title: Free Global Cities: A Tool to Overcome the Citizenship Apartheid
Following the explanation of the racialized mechanics of the ‘standards of civilization’ underpinning the global passport apartheid, this chapter
Title: Citizenship and Citizen Rights in Autonomous Cities
The chapter examines the limitations of traditional state-centric models of governance and the challenges faced in ensuring adequate human rights protection.
Title: Immigration Policy for an Open City-State
This article addresses the key challenges in managing a migration system for a Global Free City. How can a new jurisdiction handle migration pressure
Title: Monetary systems for self-governed cities: Blockchain-based currency will change the way of money
This chapter summarizes how blockchain technology could support the implementation
Title: Railway and Public Transit Systems
The "Planning and Financing of Railway and Public Transit Systems in Free Global City" chapter outlines the intricate process of developing
Title: How to Build a World-Class Health Care System
The healthcare system should be equitable, functional and efficient. It should be ethical and correspond to our understanding of good quality.