Terrorists use different states around the world as places of refuge from justice, and a number of countries harbor, supply, finance, and train and sponsor terrorist groups for their own ends. Until some sort of world law is established, terrorism can never be completely eliminated. Global problems have been mounting in magnitude and danger, yet there seems to be little progress in the creation of the political will or the institutional mechanisms for dealing with them. The series of United Nations convened conferences during the decade of 1990s has certainly generated tremendous awareness and some cooperation among member nations. Most existing international institutions lack a cutting edge and the means of enforcement.
Some governments are happy to frustrate progress.
They do not want to see global institutions with real powers, and can point to their many defects, including lack of accountability. The power of inertia remains strong. The short term always looms larger than the long term. A new worldview based on the ideal of world citizenship and the concept of the prosperity of humankind can replace the narrower and more violent goals of the terrorists. The creation of a world super state would lead to the establishment of a world parliament, a world legislature, a world executive, a world police force and other allied agencies accompanied by worldwide laws to be upheld and enforced by all the federated members of the world commonwealth.