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Stewart PatrickMay 2008 - Present
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has launched a comprehensive five-year program on international institutions and global governance. Made possible by a generous grant from the Robina Foundation, this cross-cutting initiative will explore the institutional requirements for world order in the twenty-first century. It is motivated by recognition that the architecture of global governance--largely reflecting the world as it existed in 1945--has not kept pace with fundamental changes in the international system. These changes include accelerating global economic integration; a shift in global power to non-Western countries; the rise of transnational security threats; the emergence of agile non-state actors; a proliferation of failing states; and evolving norms of state sovereignty. Existing multilateral arrangements thus provide an inadequate foundation for addressing today’s most pressing threats and opportunities and for advancing U.S. national and broader global interests.
The program seeks to identify critical weaknesses in current frameworks for multilateral cooperation; propose specific reforms reflective of new global circumstances; and promote constructive U.S. leadership in building the capacities of existing organizations and in sponsoring new, more effective regional and global institutions and partnerships, including those involving the private sector and non-governmental organizations.
The program will focus on arrangements governing state conduct and international cooperation in meeting four broad sets of challenges:
In each of these areas, the program will consider whether the most promising framework for governance is a formal organization with universal membership (e.g., the United Nations); a regional or sub-regional organization; a narrower, informal coalition of like-minded countries; or some combination of all three. The program will also examine the potential to adapt major bedrock institutions (e.g., the UN, G8, NATO, IMF, and AU), as well as the feasibility of creating new frameworks and initiatives to meet today's challenges.
The participation, input and endorsement of both official and non-state actors will be critical to ensure the appropriateness and feasibility of any institutional reforms. Throughout the course of the project, CFR will engage stakeholders and constituencies in the United States and abroad, including governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society representatives, and the private sector.
The attached concept note summarizes the rationale for the program on global governance, describes potential areas of research and policy engagement, and outlines the envisioned products and activities. We believe that the research and policy agenda outlined here constitutes a significant contribution to U.S. and international deliberations on the requirements for world order in the twenty-first century.
Projects
June 1, 2005—Present
| Staff: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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As of July 2008, the Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Roundtable series is sponsored by CFR's program on international institutions and global governance and made possible by the generous support of the Robina Foundation.
| Director: | Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies |
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This project has been made possible by grants from the Robina Foundation, the United States-Japan Foundation, and the Korea Foundation, and by support from the International Institutions and Global Governance program.
The Council on Foreign Relations New Regional Security Architecture for Asia Program explores the prospects and potential for a new regional architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, seeking to provide answer about the future of regionalism in Asia. At the core of this project is a trans-Pacific dialogue that will culminate in a set of concrete proposals about what types of institutions are necessary to meet the strategic challenges of the region during the twenty-first century.
Workshop Number One: Tokyo, Japan (November 14, 2007)
The first meeting on a shared security vision for Northeast Asia was held in Tokyo on November 14, 2007. Dr. Smith, with Gary Samore, CFR vice president and director of Studies, led a group of strategic thinkers with regional experts from Korea, Japan and China. The day long seminar was cosponsored with the Japan Institute for International Affairs and hosted by its president Ambassador Satoh Yukio examined four critical issues: the security dynamics of Northeast Asia, the impact of domestic political change on regional diplomacy, the progress and prospects of the six-party talks, and the future directions of regional security cooperation.
Workshop Number Two: Washington, DC (March 7, 2008)
The second meeting was held in Washington, DC on March 7, 2008 at the Council on Foreign Relations. Building on the conversations held in Tokyo, the second workshop focused on the regional implications of domestic political change, as well as the progress and impact of the six-party talks. The debate over U.S. engagement in Northeast Asia community building, and the more specific question of whether a new architecture was needed was also examined.
Workshop Number Three: Seoul, South Korea (July 1, 2008)
Picking up where the previous discussions left off, the third meeting was held in Seoul, South Korea on July 1, 2008. This workshop was cosponsored by Asan Institute for Policy Studies and hosted by its president, Ambassador Han Sung-joo. In contrast to the idea of an institutionalized security mechanism, other ideas such as a new trilateral dialogue between the U.S., Japan and China as a complement to the six-party process, emerged. The complementarity of trailateral efforts as a key to forging stronger ties and greater security confidence-building in Northeast Asia was discussed.
Workshop Number Four: Beijing, China (October 13, 2008)
The fourth and final in-country meeting, cosponsored by the China Reform Forum, and hosted by its vice chairman, Mr. Xue Fukang, was held in Beijing, China on October 13, 2008. This workshop brought together our multinational team for our last discussion of the prospects for a new security architecture in Northeast Asia. The workshop concluded with a shared understanding that while there may be a common desire among diplomats and regional experts to move the agenda of security cooperation forward in Northeast Asia, the reality of domestic sensitivities and leadership challenges emanating from within made this agenda difficult. Yet, there was a common sense that the desire for a community-building agenda, even including the difficult issues related to each nation's security, was a shared desire among the societies that live in this region, and a need for the United States to demonstrate its commitment to working with the countries of the region to achieve this goal.
Bringing Regional Expertise to the U.S. Foreign Policy Debate
Workshop: Washington, DC (May 4, 2009)
Moving into the final phase, Dr. Sheila Smith convened a group of leading regional experts to discuss the prospects of cooperation. The meeting focused on the impact of domestic political change on the regional diplomatic agenda, and the place accorded to multilateralism in each nation’s foreign policy.
Roundtable: The North Korean Missile Launch and Its Aftermath: Is a Regional Approach Still Viable? (May 5, 2009)
North Korea’s recent missile launch and subsequent threat to walk away from the Six-Party Talks calls into question the future of regional cooperation in dealing with nuclear proliferation and brings with it the attendant risk of greater instability on the Korean Peninsula. Dr. Smith presided over a panel of leading regional experts from Japan, South Korea, and the United States to discuss the impact of North Korea’s behavior and their perspectives on the difficult diplomatic road ahead.
Upcoming Activities
A final workshop will be held in the fall of 2009, and the completed collection of essays will be made available on the Council on Foreign Relations' website.
September 2008—Present
| Director: | Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance |
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The United States and the Future of Global Governance roundtable series will focus on core global governance challenges and proposals for fundamental institutional reform. Topics will include overhaul of the UN Security Council; the reform and expansion of the G8; prospects for a global counterterrorism organization; the adaptation of U.S. sovereignty to a global age; the trade-offs between formal institutions and ad hoc coalitions; and the domestic and legislative preconditions for sustained U.S. multilateral engagement. This roundtable series is sponsored by CFR’s Program on International Institutions and Global Governance and is supported by a generous grant from the Robina Foundation.
September 8, 2008—New York and January 22, 2009 - Washington, DC
| Director: | Laurie A. Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health |
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These meetings were made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation and Richard Brown.
October 2008—Present
| Staff: | Scott G. Borgerson, Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance |
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October 2008—Present
| Director: | Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy |
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Taking place in New York during the 2008-2009 programming year, this series serves as a venue for policymakers, scholars, legal professionals, and journalists to exchange ideas and reach conclusions on issues at the intersection of law and United States foreign policy. Particular attention is given to matters of international legal policy involving the rule of law.
December 2008—Present
| Director: | Davis R. Robinson, Adjunct Senior Fellow |
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Taking place primarily in Washington, DC, during the 2008-2009 programming year, this series examines the international law ramifications of the use of force and attendant foreign policy concerns.
February 25, 2009—February 26, 2009 - Washington, DC
| Director: | Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies |
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This symposium was made possible through the generous support of the European Commission, CFR's Program on International Institutions and Global Governance, and the Robina Foundation.
Symposium Summary Report (85K)
December 2008—Present
| Director: | Shannon K. O'Neil, Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies |
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This project will develop a framework for a Sustainable Energy Partnership for the Americas that goes beyond bilateral agreements and adopts a regional approach towards sustainable growth and clean energy. The objective of this project is to draft a blueprint that will explore, and ultimately define, pathways for collaboration among American states in order to deliver solutions to the region's energy challenges. The blueprint document will be presented at the Summit of the Americas which will take place in Trinidad and Tobago in April 2009 and will also be available on our website at that time.
This initiative is a collaboration between scholars and receives support from the Center for International Governance and Innovation, Canada; the Council on Foreign Relations, United States; Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais, Brazil; and University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.
At the Council on Foreign Relations, this project is part of the Latin America Studies Program and the International Institutions and Global Governance Program. It is made possible by the generous support of Ford Foundation, the Robina Foundation, and the Tinker Foundation.
January 2009—Present
| Staff: | Scott G. Borgerson, Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance |
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April 2009—Present
| Fellow: | Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention |
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The UN Roundtable meeting series seeks to organize high-level discussions with senior UN officials, including officials from member states and regional organizations, on timely issues related to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and international security. A core group of selected invitees from member state governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental communities will participate in these discussions. The goal of these not-for-attribution meetings is to raise awareness of the role of the UN in addressing critical issues of peace and security. The UN Roundtable meeting series is cosponsored by the Center for Preventive Action and the Program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
April 2009—Present
| Director: | Paul Lettow, Adjunct Senior Fellow |
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This meeting series is sponsored by the CFR's Program on International Institutions and Global Governance and made possible by a generous grant from the Robina Foundation.
May 7 and 8, 2009—New York, NY
| Director: | Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance |
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From the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression to the dangers of nuclear proliferation, from the specter of global warming to the threat of mass atrocities, the United States and the world community confront an array of global challenges requiring robust cooperation. Yet many multilateral frameworks have failed to keep pace with tremendous changes in world politics. Shifts in the global distribution of power, the emergence of influential non-state actors, and the rise of new transnational issues to the top of the global agenda now cloud the utility and effectiveness of international institutions and structures that in some cases date back to the Second World War. On May 7-8, 2009, the Program on International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) hosted its first annual conference. Over the course of six sessions the symposium explored the efficacy and strucutre of international institutions and their role in helping U.S. policymakers confront the challenges of the day.
This event was supported by a grant from the Robina Foundation.
Symposium Summary Report (PDF, 137K)
| Introductory Speaker: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | R. Nicholas Burns, Former Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
| Ellen Laipson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry L. Stimson Center | |
| David F. Gordon, Head of Research, Eurasia Group | |
| Moderator: | Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions, Council on Foreign Relations |
Full Video
Top Takeaway:
"I don't think it's sustainable for the United States to continue to think that we can essentially dominate the international landscape -- the way we certainly did during the unipolar moments that we had during the Cold War, say, 9/11. We need other countries to resolve nearly every issue on our top agenda. We just can't exist alone anymore.
So, it's a reflection of reality...it's smart politics for us, but also a reflection that we have to govern and lead in a more consensual way."
-R. Nicholas Burns
| Speakers: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Christopher A. Ford, Director, Center for Technology and Global Security, Hudson Institute | |
| Paul Lettow, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Moderator: | Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center |
Full Video
Top Takeaway:
We do have a very tremendous enforcement problem, and the international community has a miserable track record of late. The Iranian enrichment effort which began as part of a weapons program, continues. The North Korean program continues. Their defiance of the international community, in many respects, continues. The international community cannot afford to have a fifty percent track record in fighting nuclear weapons proliferation. That's not acceptable.
-Christopher Ford
| Speakers: | Sebastian Mallaby, Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, and Deputy Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Steven Dunaway, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Daniel W. Drezner, Professor of International Politics, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University | |
| Moderator: |
Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International |
Full Video
Top Takeaway:
"If you're thinking about stimulus globally, stimulus works when you give it to people who need it and are going to spend the money, and poor people really need it. If you're giving money to poor countries, you're going to get more stimulus."
-Sebastian Mallaby
| Speakers: | Paula J. Dobriansky, Senior International Affairs and Trade Advisor, Baker & Hostetler LLP and former Under Secretary, Democracy and Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
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| Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| William John Antholis, Managing Director, The Brookings Institution | |
| Moderator: | Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
Full Video
Top Takeaway:
"...we will move forward, we will act, but we also believe for the end result, having a treaty and agreement, that others have to move forward as well and make commitments. Because if you only have a certain percentage of countries globally, you're not going to be effectively reducing greenhouse gas"
-Paula J Dobriansky
| Speakers: | Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| John B. Bellinger III, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| David J. Scheffer, Professor of Law, Northwestern University | |
| Moderator: | Jeffrey Toobin, Staff Writer, The New Yorker |
Video Highlight
Full Video | Transcript | Audio
Top Takeaway:
"I think the focus should be more on how do we structure our policies within widely accepted traditional frameworks of international law, but develop an approach to it such that if we are in non-compliance with that law, rather than trying to change it so that the law says you are in compliance now for doing X, Y, and Z, we have enough political capital internationally to be able to say to the rest of the world: 'Today we actually understand that your perspective is that we're not in compliance with international law. We may even agree with you on that point. But you know what we've done to get to this point. We had to do this, we think, to save the lives of 30,000 people at risk in northern Sri Lanka, or wherever it might be. And we'll accept the risk politically of how you view our action today.'"
-David J. Scheffer
| Speaker: | Laurie A. Garrett, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | James Traub, New York Times Magazine |
Full Video
Top Takeaway:
"...if we're really serious about protecting humanity we need to better integrate the sort of veterinary side, the animal and wildlife side, of our surveillance, our investigation, our monitoring and our response, with the public health side"
-Laurie A. Garrett
May 1, 2009—May 1, 2009
| Author: | Paul Lettow, Adjunct Senior Fellow |
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May 18-19, 2009—Washington, DC
| Director: | Charles D. Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology |
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This workshop was made possible through the generous support of CFR’s International Institutions and Global Governance program and the Robina Foundation.
Summary Report (PDF, 72K)
June 2009—Present
| Director: | Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance |
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| Author: | James M. Goldgeier, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Relations |
January 2009—January 25, 2009
| Director: | Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance |
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| Author: | Matthew C. Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy |
Publications
November 2009
Council Special Report No. 50
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape. A purposeful multilateralism that pools the efforts of those with the greatest capacity, the authors argue, could make Asia a more prosperous and secure region.
October 2009
In this CGS/IIGG Working Paper, Jeffry A. Frieden reviews the historical record on the political fallout from the unraveling of macroeconomic imbalances. He warns that the coming adjustments may test the capacity of national governments and international institutions to maintain an open international economic order.
September 23, 2009
An interactive multimedia feature that maps out and evaluates multilateral efforts to address some of the most difficult international issues.
May 5, 2009
Scott G. Borgerson discusses the melting Arctic, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
April 23, 2009
Stewart M. Patrick reviews Too Poor for Peace? by Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet.
May 2009
Council Special Report No. 46
Seaborne commerce remains the linchpin of the global economy. And beyond trade, a host of other issues, ranging from climate change and energy to defense and piracy, ensure that the oceans will hold considerable strategic interest well into the future. In this report, Scott G. Borgerson explores an important element of the maritime policy regime: the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. He 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.
April 2009
This report from the Center for International Governance (CIGI) identifies opportunities to lay the groundwork for the development of concrete initiatives to address the
strategic needs of the Western Hemisphere for a sustainable energy future.
April 7, 2009
Overfishing and environmental strain have put U.S. oceans in serious trouble. CFR's Scott Borgerson says a new report by the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative lays out a blueprint for better marine management.
March 28, 2009
Scott Borgerson and Caitlyn Antrim argue that the United States should show leadership on the formation of an Arctic “polar park” for international scientific research.
March 25, 2009
March 25, 2009
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.
March 13, 2009
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.
March 2009
Council Special Report No. 45
In this report, Benn Steil shows that the financial crisis is the inevitable bust of a classic credit boom, and explains how monetary, taxation, and home ownership promotion policy combined with other features of the financial system to fuel an unsustainable buildup in debt. He recommends significant reforms to reverse the debt financing bias and make the system more resilient to falls in asset prices.
March 2009
Council Special Report No. 44
As the economic crisis has spread from financial markets to real economies in countries around the world, governments have understandably focused on short-term measures to contain the damage. But in order for policymakers to tackle today’s global economic crisis, this report argues, they must go beyond bailouts and stimulus packages and focus on one of the crisis's root causes: imbalances between savings and investment in major countries.
February 26, 2009
Leslie H. Gelb envisions the state of the world in 2040.
January 2009
Though the United States of America faces its toughest budgetary and economic challenges since the Great Depression, it cannot afford to eliminate, or even reduce, its foreign assistance spending. For clear reasons of political influence, national security, global stability, and humanitarian concern the United States must, at a minimum, stay the course in its commitments to global health and development, as well as basic humanitarian relief. In this report, Laurie A. Garrett makes recommendations for the future of foreign aid under a new presidential administration and Congress.
Updated: June 4, 2009
A broad-sweeping look at international efforts to combat nuclear nonproliferation. This is part of the Global Governance Monitor, an interactive feature tracking multilateral approaches to several global challenges.
Meetings
Roundtable on the North Korean Missile Launch and its Aftermath: Is a Regional Approach Still Viable?
Related Project: International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speakers: | Tanaka Hitoshi, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) |
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| Kim Sung-han, Korea University | |
| Ralph Cossa, Pacific Forum/Center for International & Strategic Studies (CSIS) | |
| Presider: | Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations |
North Korea’s recent missile launch and subsequent threat to walk away from the Six-Party Talks calls into question the future of regional cooperation in dealing with nuclear proliferation and brings with it the attendant risk of greater instability on the Korean Peninsula. Dr. Smith presided over a panel of leading regional experts from Japan, South Korea, and the United States to discuss the impact of North Korea’s behavior and their perspectives on the difficult diplomatic road ahead.
Prospects for Northeast Asia Security Cooperation: Agendas and Architectures
Related Project: International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
Northeast Asia Regional Security Architecture Project
Moving into the final phase, Dr. Sheila Smith convened a group of leading regional experts to discuss the prospects of cooperation. The meeting focused on the impact of domestic political change on the regional diplomatic agenda, and the place accorded to multilateralism in each nation’s foreign policy.
The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series: The Last New World Order - The Rise of American Multilateralism and Historical Lessons for Today
Related Projects: The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series, International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speaker: | Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | James Traub, The New York Times Magazine |
The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series: The Responsibility to Protect - Moving from Principle to Practice
Related Projects: The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series, International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speakers: | Edward C. Luck, International Peace Institute |
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| Victoria Holt, Henry L. Stimson Center | |
| Presider: | Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations |
The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series: The Next American Century - How the United States Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise
Related Projects: The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series, International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speakers: | Nina L. Hachigian, Center for American Progress |
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| Mona K. Sutphen, Stonebridge International LLC | |
| Presider: | Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations |
Article:
The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series: Prospects and Scenarios for G8 Reform
Related Projects: The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series, International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speakers: | Colin I. Bradford, The Brookings Institution |
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| Bruce Jones, Center for International Cooperation, New York University | |
| Presider: | Paul W. Stewart, Council on Foreign Relations |
The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series: A League of their Own? Prospects for a Concert of Democracies
Related Projects: The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series, International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speakers: | Ivo H. Daalder, The Brookings Institution |
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| Charles A. Kupchan, Council on Foreign Relations | |
| Presider: | Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations |
Article:
The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series: Do We Need a Global Counterterrorism Organization?
Related Projects: The United States and the Future of Global Governance Roundtable Series, International Institutions and Global Governance: World Order in the 21st Century
| Speakers: | Eric Rosand, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation |
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| Alistair Millar, Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation | |
| Presider: | Stewart M. Patrick, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Director's Welcome
Welcome to the home of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Supported by the Robina Foundation, the IIGG Program seeks to identify critical weaknesses in current frameworks for multilateral cooperation; propose specific reforms reflective of new global circumstances; and promote constructive U.S. leadership in building the capacities of existing organizations and in sponsoring new, more effective regional and global institutions and partnerships. On this site you'll find information on our activities and publications. You will also find a list of CFR contributors.
Stewart Patrick
For more information on the IIGG Program, contact:
Stewart Patrick
Senior Fellow and Director, International Institutions and Global Governance Program
+1.202.509.8482
spatrick@cfr.org
Kaysie Brown
Deputy Director, International Institutions and Global Governance Program
+1.202.509.8481
kbrown@cfr.org
Farah Faisal Thaler
Research Associate, International Institutions and Global Governance Program
+1.202.509.8483
fthaler@cfr.org
Rebecca Friedman
Research Associate
+1.212.434.9744
rfriedman@cfr.org
Preeti Bhattacharji
Research Associate, International Institutions and Global Governance Program
+1.202.509.8522
pbhattacharji@cfr.org
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He 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.
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.
Complete list of CFR Books
For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
James M. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9626 (NY); +1.202.509.8405 (DC)
jlindsay@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
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jhill@cfr.org
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