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Chatham House appoints Professor Marc Weller as the new Director of the Global Governance and Security Centre
English Summary
Chatham House’s announcement frames Marc Weller’s appointment as a leadership move to strengthen the Global Governance and Security Centre at a moment when international order is under strain. The core claim is that, despite geopolitical fragmentation, urgent transnational problems still require rule-based global cooperation on security, health preparedness, AI governance, and international law. The institute supports this by highlighting Weller’s credentials across academia, UN mediation and legal advisory roles, and recent policy interventions on Gaza, Ukraine, Venezuela, and broader legal-system defense. Strategically, the appointment signals a push for more active institutional reform and coalition-building among governments, business, and civil society to preserve and update multilateral governance frameworks.
中文摘要
Chatham House 公告將 Marc Weller 的任命定位為一項領導層布局，旨在於國際秩序承壓之際強化其全球治理與安全中心。其核心主張是：即使地緣政治日益碎片化，安全、公共衛生整備、人工智慧治理與國際法等迫切的跨國問題，仍須依賴以規則為基礎的全球合作。研究所並以 Weller 橫跨學術界、聯合國調解及法律顧問角色的資歷，以及其近期在加薩、烏克蘭、委內瑞拉與更廣泛法律體系防衛議題上的政策介入，作為論據支撐。從戰略層面看，此項任命釋出訊號：研究所將推動更積極的制度改革與聯盟建構，串連政府、企業與公民社會，以維護並更新多邊治理框架。
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