Dear Colleague:
As the sixty-seventh session of the UN General Assembly approaches, global efforts to prevent armed conflict, reduce the prevalence of disease, and arrest nuclear proliferation continue despite emerging and enduring challenges. Over the summer, the International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program launched a new component and updated a package of its award-winning Global Governance Monitor, released two installments of the Council of Councils (CoC) Global Roundup series, and contributed to broader foreign policy debates on issues such as regulating the conventional arms trade and the protracted crisis in Syria.
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Newly Released
Shortcomings of International Efforts to Fight Crime 
Transnational criminal networks are growing at unprecedented levels, costing by some estimates over $2 trillion, or roughly 3 percent of global GDP. In the first comprehensive assessment of global anticrime efforts, the newly-launched Global Governance Monitor: Transnational Crime recommends streamlining international enforcement efforts by establishing a trust fund for independent data collection, bolstering anti–money laundering regulations, and combating criminal impunity through an international judicial framework. Assessing Illicit Networks The Council on Foreign Relations partnered with Google Ideas and the Tribeca Film Festival to convene a major summit on "Illicit Networks: Forces in Opposition" (INFO) in Los Angeles, California. The summit explored the potential of technology to expose, map, and disrupt illicit networks around the world, and to empower individuals, civil society, governments, and corporations to fight back. In his closing remarks, IIGG director Stewart M. Patrick called the summit the beginning of a "new, licit network." Learn More About the Summit » The Global Roundup In two recent installments of the Global Roundup, experts examined the outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development ("Rio+20") and weighed in on possible foreign policy issues—including immigration, U.S.-Russia relations, and the role the United States plays as a major world power—that could be highlighted in the U.S. presidential campaign. The Global Roundup is part of the Council of Councils (CoC) initiative, which aims to connect leading foreign policy institutes from around the world in a common conversation on issues of global governance and multilateral cooperation. Read About the Series » Tracking Global Threats to Oceans Ahead of the Rio+20 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, IIGG launched the annual update to Global Governance Monitor: Oceans to reflect recent developments in international efforts to combat emerging threats to oceans, from the melting Arctic to piracy to rapidly declining fish stocks, as well as safeguard freedom of the seas. Launch the Interactive »
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.
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