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“It continues to be controversial,” says Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/StraussAndrewL.aspx">Andrew L. Strauss</a> about the idea of a global parliament, which has long been of interest to him.<br><br>Professor Strauss began working with Princeton University Professor Emeritus Richard A. Falk to write on the subject of a global parliament in the late 1990s, and recently, the <a title="http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/592.php" href="http://en.unpacampaign.org/news/592.php">Campaign for a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly published</a> a collected volume of the articles and essays they wrote on the subject between 1997 and 2010 titled “A Global Parliament: Essays and Articles.”<br><br>Former United Nations Secretary General Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali wrote the forward for the book, which lays out the case for the creation of a global parliamentary assembly.<br><br>“There has to be some sort of institutionalization,” Strauss says of global governance, noting that the forces of globalization and democratization have profoundly altered international relations.<br><br>In the accompanying video, Strauss discusses his thoughts on the history of the movement, including how things changed after September 11, 2001, and why a representative, democratic approach to global governance remains important today.