Uganda, March 27 -- Whether to regulate or not to regulate has been a central question of the previous three decades, especially when it comes to solving environmental resources and social interaction problems. We have witnessed the love and hate for regulation in equal measure shown by the level of contempt.

However, with the rise of globally networked challenges like climate change, population growth and migration, pandemics, and human rights, we are witnessing a stronger wave of regulations.

Regulation, as also a means to enforce other enacted laws, has advantages such as instilling social, ecological, and or financial order. As such, regulation can be rationalized as a means of control over what seems to be increasingly open borders...