Beyond Gridlock

Thomas Hale is Associate Professor of Public Policy (Global Public Policy) at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.David Held is Master of University College, and Professor of Politics and International Relations, at Durham University.

‘Beyond Gridlock is a powerful, authoritative, timely, and ultimately sobering sequel to Gridlock … Required reading for all scholars and practitioners aiming to strengthen the global cooperation that is vital for the world’s survival and sustainable development.’Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University‘Hale and Held's overarching vision, and their collaborators' deep-dive into specific challenges, provide the frontier, key statements on global gridlock. Everyone needs to read Hale and Held.’Danny Quah, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS‘Getting us beyond current gridlock will require every good idea we can muster. This book shows the way forward.’John Gerard Ruggie, Harvard University‘Hale and Held unfold a fascinating map of multiple pathways of change that are never prescribed, sometimes mutually reinforcing, always challenging.’Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary UNFCCC 2010-2016"As Hale and Held see it, the institutions of global governance are inadequate, but small innovations and experiments in cooperation—often pursued regionally, in coalition with civil society groups, or by transnational technical elites—show promise."Foreign Affairs

• Table of contentsPrefaceAbbreviationsTables and FiguresAuthor biographies1 Introduction: Pathways beyond GridlockThomas Hale and David Held2 Finance: Risk and ProgressKevin Young3 Monetary Policy: Making Fragmentation WorkCamila Villard Duran4 Trade: Gridlock and ResilienceAndreas Klasen5 Investment: Contestation and TransformationTaylor St John6 Energy: A Fundamental Transition?Ann Florini7 Humanitarianism: Stagnation, Fragmentation, and PossibilitiesKyle McNally and James Orbinski8 Human rights: Leveraging ComplianceTom Pegram9 Health: New Leadership for Devastating ChallengesGarrett Wallace Brown and David Held10 Climate: From Gridlock to CatalystThomas Hale11 Cyber security: Gridlock and InnovationLucas Kello12 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Incremental StepsMichael Clarke13 Conclusion: Breaking the Cycle of GridlockThomas Hale and David Held