For much of my career I pretty much accepted the consensus, but as I started to think more seriously about the components of the balance of payments, I realized that when Keynes at Bretton Woods argued for a hybrid currency (which he called «bancor») to serve as the global reserve currency, and not the US dollar, he wasn't only expressing his dismay about the transfer of international status from Britain to the US. (carnegieendowment.org)
The United Nations voted overwhelmingly to upgrade Palestine's international status from «observer» to «nonmember observer» last Friday, passing the measure by a 138 - 9 vote, with 41 abstentations. (relevantmagazine.com)
The ESO and the Chilean government are currently negotiating a deal which would give the ESO international status similar to the UN, making it immune from legal claims against it. (newscientist.com)