Problem
Conflicting international priorities
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Intergovernmental disputesDisagreement among states concerning priorities
Incompatible national priorities
Divisive international policies
Policy disputes among nations
Lack of common international policy
International policy gridlock
Political differences between countries
International legal disputes
Absence of international policy consensus
Nature:
There is no international consensus on human priorities, and a constant struggle for time, money, human, technical and material resources diverts a great amount of energy into political and ideological conflict. Local priorities obscure national priorities, and national priorities obscure international ones. The divisive forces in world society are endless. Although some progress is being made, international efforts to secure agreements are pursued on a piecemeal basis. The development of world agendas may be said to have begun in recent years, with the focusing on anywhere from two dozen to over a hundred key problems, but it is impossible to find world agreement as to which have more claim to immediate attention than others and the means to deal with them. Incidence:
The response of the international community to the conflict in Yugoslavia is a classic example of failure to reach agreement. Broader Problems:
Policy disputesLack of international cooperationGeneral obstacles to problem alleviation Narrower Problems:
Parochial national interestsConflicting concepts of conservationNon-global priorities for use of world resourcesPrivate international trade and investment disputesImposition of national priorities on other countriesConflicts of national law in relation to international transactionsFinancial and economic disputes between states and nationals of other states Related Problems:
Border incidents and violenceTerritorial disputes between states Aggravates:
Disagreement within alliancesForeign military interventionPolicy disputes within nationsFailure of development policiesDeficiencies in international lawInadequacy of international standardsLimited acceptance of international treatiesLack of international policy on specific issuesDamage to the environment during national crisesObstruction of international criminal investigationsInadequacy of intergovernmental decision-making processVulnerability of environmental systems to globalizationInadequate implementation of plans and programmes against problemsInadequate global consensus concerning problems and prospects of humanity Strategies:
Ensuring national policy-making in a global worldReducing political differences among countriesPromoting intergovernmental dialogueImplementing national policy processIndicating need for political alliancesReducing ideological rivalryNeeding consensus on international policyExploiting ideological differencesAdvocating ideological conflictAgreeing about international prioritiesNegotiating intergovernmental disputesDividing nationsUniting nationsNegotiating international policySetting national prioritiesAbstaining from common international policy Subject(s):
Societal Problems → ScarcityGovernment → Nation state
Government → Intergovernmental
Government → Political
Law → Legality
Law → Arbitration
Law → Agreements
Policy-making → Policy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST