The G20's finance meeting failed to offer concrete steps to mitigate a "currency war," and reports say it highlighted the group's shortcomings as an international arbiter of economic policy.

A compilation of resources on the global financial crisis and international institutions.

Stewart M. Patrick examines the relevance of the G20 framework in a web of existing multilateral institutions and groupings.

Listen to Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, explicate the lessons learned of the financial crisis, their implications, and prescriptions for the upcoming G20 Summit in London and beyond.

As the global economic crisis increases the importance of trade, and China and the United States eye greater engagement with Southeast Asia, ASEAN may play a more robust role in the region.

The Obama administration sees the Organization of the Islamic Conference as a venue through which to court Muslims globally, but the group's controversial positions on some issues could pose problems.

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors issued this communiqué at the summit in Moscow on February 15 and 16, 2013. Major agreements from the discussions include refraining from devaluing their currencies devaluation and enforcing corporate tax laws.

Discussion of the economic outlook, problems, and prospects for the world.

This Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review article by Sevil Küçükkoşum examines talk of increasing economic integration between Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan that has prompted visions of a new “Middle East Union” to rival the EU.

The GAO analyzes the impact of international energy forums on the United States' ability to confront greater demand and higher prices.

Terra Lawson-Remer discusses the upcoming gathering of G20 finance ministers in Mexico City.

Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that any multilateral group in Asia is more likely to be effective if Asian nations assemble those with the greatest power and capacity and have a clear, agreed purpose.

Joel D. Hirst discusses efforts by Honduras to rejoin the Organization of American States.

The good news on climate change is that the world wants to do something. The bad news is that none of these fine sentiments will matter unless a critical mass of countries unites around a real policy.  Delegates from around the world will meet next month in Bali, supposedly to launch negotiations on a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. In this Washington Post op-ed, Sebastian Mallaby argues that while people agree that action is essential, they disagree so fiercely on the details that action may prove impossible.

Philip Kazin, research director of the Baltic Research Center, a St. Petersburg-based think tank, says the agenda of the G-8 should focus on trade and energy issues, not on Russia's rollback of democracy.

Experts discuss current issues in global governance, including how international institutions like the G20 can work together to tackle problems.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair discusses the Middle East