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Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance
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Phone: +1.202.509.8482
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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Washington Business Tonight: "Issues Facing World Economic Leaders" (television interview; April 24, 2009)
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
Past Research Project
January 28, 2010
Interview
President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address focused heavily, as expected, on domestic economic recovery and reasserting U.S. competitiveness. Six CFR experts noted different aspects of the challenges facing Obama.
See more in United States, U.S. Strategy and Politics
January 11, 2010
Expert Brief
The Christmas bomb attempt on a Detroit-bound plane has raised new concerns about "ungoverned spaces." But CFR's Stewart Patrick argues that the term fails to address the real security concerns presented by nations like Yemen.
See more in Somalia, Yemen, Terrorism
December 4, 2009, Washington D.C.
Transcript
President Obama has heralded a "new era of global engagement." But what do publics in the United States and around the world actually think about today's global challenges-and the international institutions to cope with them? Experts inaugurate the launch of Public Opinion on Global Issues (www.cfr.org/public_opinion), the most comprehensive digest ever assembled of existing polling data on U.S. and global public attitudes toward multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century, by analyzing and discussing these questions.
See more in United States, Media and Foreign Policy, Media and Public Opinion, Polls
December 4, 2009
Video
Listen to experts as they launch Public Opinion on Global Issues, the most comprehensive digest ever assembled of existing polling data on U.S. and global public attitudes toward multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century.
See more in United States, Society and Culture, Polls
December 4, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts as they launch Public Opinion on Global Issues, the most comprehensive digest ever assembled of existing polling data on U.S. and global public attitudes toward multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century.
See more in United States, Global Governance, Polls
October 2009
Article
Cambridge University Press
In this chapter of the edited volume Cooperating for Peace and Security, Stewart Patrick discusses the United States and multilateral cooperation after 9/11.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Global Governance, Terrorism and the Law
November 10, 2009
Expert Brief
China has benefited enormously from Western-dominated global structures, writes CFR's Stewart Patrick, and Washington now expects it to contribute more significantly to world order.
See more in China, International Peace and Security, Diplomacy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 25, 2009
First Take
The designation of the Group of 20 as the world's leading forum for economic coordination is proper, writes CFR's Stewart Patrick, but Washington should still make use of the G8 for political and security matters.
See more in United States, International Organizations
September 22, 2009
Expert Brief
Surveys during the past decade show consistent support among Americans for the UN's role in the world order but also worry about its dysfunctions. CFR's Stewart Patrick says President Barack Obama should echo these sentiments in his UN address.
See more in United States, UN, Diplomacy
October 2009
Article
The Washington Quarterly
Stewart Patrick declares that "tremendous forces are eroding the institutional foundations of world politics," citing the rising powers in Asia, transnational issues like climate change and other factors as reasons for this tectonic shift.
See more in Global Governance, International Organizations, International Peace and Security
Updated: September 21, 2009
Expert Brief
President Obama's first appearance before the UN General Assembly is an opportunity to reassert U.S. leadership at the world body on issues from nonproliferation to peacekeeping, writes CFR's Stewart Patrick.
See more in United States, International Organizations, Diplomacy
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.
See more in Global Governance, Health and Disease
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.
See more in Global Governance, Health and Disease
May 8, 2009, New York, NY
Transcript
Laurie A. Garrett speaks at CFR on the global response to the H1N1 virus.
See more in Global Health, Health and Disease
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.
See more in Global Governance, International Organizations
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
Explore the international oceans regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
This report explores how international legal rules regarding military force might evolve to better meet the challenges of mass atrocities.
The authors of this CSR explain why the United States needs to place greater emphasis on preventive action and how current organizational arrangements can be changed to meet that need.
This report addresses pan-Asian and trans-Pacific architectures and guidelines for how the United States can revise its approach in order to consolidate and improve the efficacy of these Asian institutions.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, Charles A. Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity, and exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace.
With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine Israel's adversity-driven culture to offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
Vali Nasr reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
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