Luis Cabrera is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Griffith Asia Institute and School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. His research has focused on trans-state normative issues, including human rights, citizenship and migration, and the development of democratically accountable regional and global political institutions. His books include The Practice of GlobalCitizenship, The Theory of Global Justice, and The Humble Cosmopolitan: Rights, Diversity, and Trans-state Democracy. Before turning to academia full time, Cabrera worked as a staff reporter for The Associated Press in Seattle. He holds a PhD from the University of Washington.
Authoritarian and nationalist governments pose major obstacles to the human rights agenda, but the growth of regional institutions is a basis for hope.
Ensuring economic and civil rights for all requires much deeper regional and global political integration—and ultimately a democratic world government.