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Book Description Evidence Architecture: Bridging Global Policy Gaps in a Post-Truth Multilateral System In an era when disinformation spreads faster than truth and institutional trust continues its precipitous decline, the capacity of multilateral organizations to govern effectively faces an existential crisis. Evidence Architecture: Bridging Global Policy Gaps in a Post-Truth Multilateral System presents a comprehensive analysis of how systematic infrastructure for evidence synthesis and dissemination can restore credibility to global governance in the 21st century. Dr. Naim Tahir Baig's groundbreaking work examines the widening chasm between evidence production and policy utilization in international institutions-from the paralysis of UN climate negotiations despite overwhelming scientific consensus, to the collapse of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, to the WHO's credibility crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on extensive research from the Global Evidence Commission, the UK Research and Innovation's METIUS initiative, and the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative (ESIC), this book introduces ""evidence architecture"" as a framework for building shared data ecosystems that transcend political boundaries and epistemic divides. The book's twelve chapters move systematically from diagnosis to prescription. Part I establishes the conceptual foundations, tracing the evolution of evidence-based policymaking from medical randomized controlled trials to contested applications in social policy, while examining how post-truth politics and weaponized disinformation undermine the very possibility of shared factual baselines. Part II provides penetrating case studies of institutional failure across the UN system, World Trade Organization, and global health governance, revealing how consensus-based decision-making and information fragmentation produce lowest-common-denominator outcomes that fail to match the scale of contemporary challenges. Part III offers reasons for cautious optimism, analyzing emerging solutions including the $126 million ESIC initiative to build AI-powered evidence synthesis infrastructure, the promise and perils of machine learning for evidence production, and the rise of regional evidence hubs enabling South-South cooperation. The final section provides practical guidance for designing national evidence-support systems and reforming multilateral institutions, presenting concrete proposals such as networked secretariats connecting UN, World Bank, IMF, WTO, and ILO evidence functions. This book is essential reading for graduate students in international relations and public policy, policymakers at national and international levels, staff of multilateral organizations and think tanks, researchers in science and technology studies, and anyone concerned with how evidence can inform governance in a fractured world. It provides not only rigorous analysis but also actionable insights for those working to build the institutional foundations necessary for addressing humanity's shared challenges. As Dr. Baig demonstrates with compelling clarity, the choice before us is not between evidence-based and politically legitimate governance-it is between constructing robust evidence architecture that enhances democratic decision-making and surrendering to information chaos that makes effective collective action impossible. The stakes could not be higher, and the time for building cannot wait.

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Dr. Naim Tahir Baig can be described as a Political Analyst, Geopolitical Strategist, Military and Security Studies Expert, Intelligence and Espionage Scholar, Social Commentator, Philosopher of Contemporary Issues, Digital Economy Specialist, Islamic Scholar and Interfaith Commentator, Poet and Literary Author, Regional Studies Expert, Multidisciplinary Intellectual, and Pakistan-Centric Analyst, reflecting his diverse expertise across politics, geopolitics, military strategy, intelligence, social commentary, business, religion, literature, and regional studies. Published Books of Dr. Naim Tahir Baig Learn AI Fast: A Practical Guide for Busy Professionals Nuclear Orbits: From Soviet Satellites to Russian Space Power Trump vs. Putin: The Secrets Of Alaska Summit 2025 Nuclear Weapons in Space Trump's Siege on the Fed: Politics, Power, and the Fracturing of Global Finance The Great Realignment The Last Rock's Secret War: Okinotorishima The New American Empire In 2025 Fractured Faith: The Ken Paxton Divorce Scandal and the Crisis of Conservative Authenticity The Boomer Blockade: How an Aging Generation is Reshaping Global Power and Economics at Younger Generations' Expense Kiss Cam Crisis GAZA: The word 'ETHICS' is at stake Tarifaço: Trump's Tariff Assault on Brazil and the Battle for Hemispheric Power Love Seized Why Pakistan Can't Be Ignored ? Abandoning UNESCO, Abandoning America's Global Leadership Knowledge at the Cost of Drinking Water Artificial Intelligence Reshapes Nations' Strategic Cultures America Party Geopolitical Realignments And U.S. Decline Echoes of Love After Life After The Break-up Mental Health and Digital Wellness: Navigating the Hyper-Connected World Shadow War 2025: Israel's Secret Army Inside Iran Operation True Promise 3 2nd Edition: Operation Rising Lion: Israel's Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Program Behind The Veil Of Deception: Catherine Perez-Shakdam Operation Rising Lion 2025: Israel's Strike on Iran's Nuclear Program

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