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Promoting Collaborative Decision-Making in International Institutions: The Role of Dispute Resolution in Facilitating Change

The causes and consequences of today's conflicts involve a set of highly complex and interrelated factors, necessitating a fundamental re-consideration of the traditional role and purpose of international institutions that have in the past been responsible for resolving conflict and governing the international system. This paper examines the current paradox in international relations between a general consensus on the increasing complexity of global issues, on the one hand, and the deadlock that persists over how best to confront these new concerns on the other. Specifically, the paper addresses the question of whether a more participatory and deliberative system of global governance is required that is better able to confront new emergent challenges in the 21st century by bringing together both state and non-state actors who simultaneously affect, and are affected by, decisions made in international forums. Particular attention is given to the potential role of Conflict Resolution Practitioners in helping to design and implement a more deliberative and collaborative system of governance.