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Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance
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E-mail: spatrick@cfr.org
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Former State Department policy planning staff member. Current work focuses on U.S. policy toward global governance. Author of The Best Laid Plans, released in November 2008.
Expertise:Multilateral cooperation, international institutions and global governance; United Nations; weak and failing states; foreign assistance and post-conflict reconstruction; transnational threats; U.S. foreign policy; diplomatic history.
Experience:Research Fellow, Center for Global Development (2005-2008); Policy planning staff member, Afghanistan, post-conflict and global affairs portfolios, U.S. Department of State (2002-2005); Research Associate, Center on International Cooperation, New York University(1997-2002).
Languages:French (proficient).
Honors:International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (2002-2003); Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University (1988-1991); Brookings Research Fellow (1992-93); Guest Research Fellowship, Norwegian Nobel Institute (1993).
Selected Publications:The Best Laid Plans:The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War (Rowman and Littlefield, November 2008); "U.S. Policy toward Fragile States: An Integrated Approach to Security and Development," in The White House and the World: A Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President (Center for Global Development, August 2008); "‘The Mission Determines the Coalition:’ The United States and Multilateral Cooperation after 9/11,” in Cooperating for Peace and Security (forthcoming 2008); “Index of State Weakness in the Developing World,” Brookings Working Paper (2008); Integrating 21st Century Development and Security Assistance (contributor; 2008); “A Return to Realism? The United States and Global Peace Operations since 9/11,” International Peacekeeping (2007); Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Assessing “Whole of Government” Approaches toward Fragile States, (co-author, International Peace Academy: 2007); “Toolbox: Making Foreign Aid Reform Work,” The American Interest (2007); “The Pentagon and Global Development: Making Sense of the DoD’s Expanding Role,” CGD Working Paper #131 (2007); "Beyond Coalitions of the Willing: Assessing U.S. Multilateralism," Ethics and International Affairs (2003); Multilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: Ambivalent Engagement (coeditor, Lynne Rienner, 2002); Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid for Post-Conflict Recovery (co-editor, Lynne Rienner, 2000); and op-eds published in Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Institute of International Studies Conversations with History: Building a Multilateral International Order (video; April 15, 2009)
Summary Report of CFR Symposium on International Law and Justice (October 17, 2008)
International Institutions and Global Governance Program
Current Research Projects
May 8, 2009
Audio
Listen to Laurie A. Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, explain the origins of H1N1, the threat it poses, and the actions that should be taken to minimize the pandemic threat of diseases such as the swine flu. Stewart M. Patrick, senior fellow and director of the program on International Institutions and Global Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations, makes concluding remarks.
This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
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May 8, 2009
Video
Watch Laurie A. Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, explain the origins of H1N1, the threat it poses, and the actions that should be taken to minimize the pandemic threat of diseases such as the swine flu. Stewart M. Patrick, senior fellow and director of the program on International Institutions and Global Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations, makes concluding remarks.
This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
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May 8, 2009, New York, NY
Transcript
Laurie A. Garrett speaks at CFR on the global response to the H1N1 virus.
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May 7, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts debate global institutional reform, including changes to the UN Security Council and international financial institutions, and the role the United States should be playing.
This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
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May 7, 2009
Video
Watch experts debate global institutional reform, including changes to the UN Security Council and international financial intstitutions, and the role the United States should be playing.
This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
See more in Global Governance, International Organizations
May 7, 2009, New York, NY
Transcript
What new forms of international financial and monetary coordination and regulation are required in light of the global economic crisis? How should the United States work to reform the Bretton Woods Institutions? Should the BRICs and other developing countries have an increased role at the IMF and World Bank? What are the preconditions for a U.S.-China bargain on global monetary and financial issues?
See more in Financial Crises, International Finance
April 23, 2009
Article
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Stewart M. Patrick reviews Too Poor for Peace? by Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet.
See more in Global Governance, International Peace and Security, Poverty
March 25, 2009
Op-Ed
National Interest Online
Stewart M. Patrick argues that in Afghanistan, NATO is at risk of losing its relevance, and Washington should broaden NATO's horizons by seeking allied support for a regional approach to the conflict.
See more in Afghanistan, NATO, Global Governance
March 23, 2009
Expert Brief
CFR's Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown argue that the United States must take a hard line with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if it hopes to end the crisis in Darfur.
See more in Sudan, Human Rights
March 13, 2009
Op-Ed
National Interest Online
Stewart M. Patrick argues that U.S. national security is dependent upon a commitment to free trade.
See more in National Security and Defense, Trade, U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 13, 2009
Expert Brief
While some G-20 leaders want to map out a "New Deal for the Twenty-First Century," CFR's Stewart Patrick says they risk spawning a twenty-first century version of the Great Depression if they don't agree on coordinated short-term steps to stimulate economic activity and to ensure both credit and trade flow freely.
See more in Economics, Financial Crises
February 26, 2009
Transcript
A discussion on NATO's role in current combat and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, as part of the Council on Foreign Relations' NATO At 60 Symposium.
See more in Afghanistan, NATO, Civil Reconstruction
February 25, 2009
Video
Watch experts shed light on such topics as what broad changes in NATO strategy are needed in Afghanistan, how NATO and U.S. forces can achieve unity of concept as well as unity of command, what can be done to better integrate the humanitarian, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism missions, and others as part of the Council on Foreign Relations "NATO at 60" Symposium.
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February 25, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts shed light on such topics as what broad changes in NATO strategy are needed in Afghanistan, how NATO and U.S. forces can achieve unity of concept as well as unity of command, what can be done to better integrate the humanitarian, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism missions, and others as part of the Council on Foreign Relations "NATO at 60" Symposium.
See more in Afghanistan, NATO, Wars and Warfare
February 4, 2009
Audio
Listen to Stewart Patrick, CFR Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, speak about his new book The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War.
See more in Global Governance, International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations
February 4, 2009
Video
Watch as Stewart Patrick, CFR Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, speaks about his new book The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War.
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February 4, 2009
Transcript
Given today's global crisis, when international institutions are operating under increasing strain, the time is ripe to look back to the 1940s, when a previous generation of U.S. policymakers helped create the bedrock institutions of world order that have lasted for six decades. Please join us for a discussion of Stewart M. Patrick's new book, "The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War," and its lessons and implications for today's world order.
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January 22, 2009
Transcript
A panel discussion on how American foreign aid will be affected by the global economic crisis.
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November 13, 2008
Op-Ed
National Interest Online
Stewart Patrick argues that the November 15 meeting of the G20 will likely not result in a breakthrough similar to the one at the original Bretton Woods.
See more in Economics, International Organizations
September 25, 2008
Op-Ed
The Olympian
Stewart Patrick discusses why President Bush's address to the U.N. had the right content, but lacked validity.
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Explore international efforts to curb nuclear proliferation with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.
This report explores an important element of the maritime policy regime: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Author Scott G. Borgerson examines the international negotiations that led to the convention, the history of debates in the United States over whether to join it, and the strategic importance of the oceans for U.S. foreign policy today.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
In War of Necessity, War of Choice, Richard N. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of two wars between the United States and Iraq involving the two presidents Bush and Saddam Hussein, and writes an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba’s unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
As Ray Takeyh shows in Guardians of the Revolution, behind the famous personalities and extremist slogans of Iran is a nation that is far more pragmatic—and complex—than many in the West have been led to believe.
Complete list of CFR Books
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