There is a strong argument to be made that Trump’s challenge to the establishment is also a challenge to the wide range of global public organisations which are part of the way the whole system works.
The World Bank, IMF and WTO may be the usual suspects for many people. Next in line, the UN and its agencies for their perceived ineffectiveness to perform their mandate as a promotor and guarantor of peace and security and development, and the whiff of corruption that surrounds it. International NGOs have become a target of accountability challenges from the public, private and governmental donors, often amplified by the media.
But the reality is far more complex. The web of who drives global policymaking on key issues of global public goods, those who ride on its coat-tails, and those who start out as challengers and find it hard to keep independent is not evenly woven.
