Dear Colleague:
2011 witnessed a shifting global landscape as a financial crisis threatened to destabilize the eurozone, longstanding dictators were toppled by popular revolutions, and new threats emerged to the nuclear nonproliferation and climate change regimes. In response to these developments, the International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program updated the climate change component of its award-winning Global Governance Monitor, hosted numerous events, including one with Aung San Suu Kyi, and published a Policy Innovation Memorandum on global cooperation in space.
In addition, the Robina Foundation awarded the IIGG program a five-year grant to support research and publications in three substantive areas: confronting transnational threats; building a resilient global economy; and managing the global commons.
As we continue to develop new ideas, publications, and tools to illuminate contemporary global issues, we invite you to read our newsletter, explore our website, and send us your feedback.
All the best,
Stewart M. Patrick
Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program |
Newly Released
Evaluating the Global Climate Change Regime Following the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's seventeenth Conference of Parties held in Durban, South Africa, IIGG relaunched the Global Governance Monitor: Climate Change, which reflects recent developments in international efforts to combat climate change and emerging challenges to the global regime. Overall, it concludes that international institutions related to climate are inadequate, underdeveloped, and underfunded.
The Global Governance Monitor is an online, multimedia guide that tracks, maps, and evaluates multilateral efforts to address global challenges. A Conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi, Paula J. Dobriansky On the same day as her historic meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Aung San Suu Kyi, prodemocracy activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, discussed recent changes in Myanmar, her landmark decision to rejoin the political system, and the future of Myanmar-U.S. relations. Watch Now » Urging Global Cooperation in Space Micah Zenko The United States relies more on space for military, intelligence, civilian, scientific, and environmental activities than any other country; the U.S. government operates roughly 40 percent of all active spacecraft and accounts for 75 percent of worldwide governmental space funding. In this Policy Innovation Memorandum, Micah Zenko outlines the threats facing the United States as outer space grows increasingly "congested, contested, and competitive" and calls for an international code of conduct to regulate interstate behavior in space. Read More » Challenging Assumptions As part of his nationwide book tour for Weak Links: Fragile States, Global Threats, and International Security, Stewart M. Patrick spoke at the Colorado World Affairs Council about his research on the true extent of the threat posed by failing states, and why established assumptions regarding transnational insecurity are flawed. Watch Now »
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Stewart M. Patrick: "The Internationalist" In his blog, Stewart M. Patrick looks beyond the headlines at the forces transforming global politics and how the United States should respond.
Join the conversation at http://blogs.cfr.org/patrick/.
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Upcoming Events - February 2012: Launch of "Global Governance Monitor: Human Rights"
- Winter 2012: Launch of IIGG Facebook page and The Internationalist video series
The International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program aims to identify the institutional requirements for effective multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century; propose reforms to strengthen or replace international institutions; and promote effective responses by the United States and its partners to today’s daunting global challenges.
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