Possible Future Architectures of Global Governance: A Transnational Perspective/prospective

Several (normative-analytic) images of (future) global governance architectures are identified. If realized, any of these images would indeed be preferable to the current world (dis)order, as they all fulfill certain core progressive values. Hence, a synthetic transnational per spective on world dynamics over the twentieth century and its impli cations for understanding current and possible future global governance architectures are needed. The article concludes with some cautious prospective and prescriptive thoughts on future global governance architectures for a transnational world. Keywords: globalization, transnational dynamics, global governance architectures, world orders, networks, states, nation, nation-state system, imperialism, sovereignty, civil society.