In this Policy Innovation Memorandum, Daniel Markey argues that U.S. officials should resist temptations to lend support to Pakistani leaders with "pro-American" leanings.
South Korea's vice minister of foreign affairs and trade explains the need for an increasing role of middle powers in global governance and South Korea's role in the G20.
Examines data including GDP, household debt, and industrial production to show the weakness of the current recovery compared to previous postwar rebounds.
A broad-sweeping look at international efforts to prevent armed conflict. This is part of the Global Governance Monitor, an interactive feature tracking multilateral approaches to several global challenges.
In this Energy Brief, Daniel Ahn and Michael Levi model the potential consequences of substituting taxes on oil consumption for either higher nonoil taxes or reduced government spending as part of a larger deficit reduction package, and argue that oil taxes can improve economic performance while reducing oil consumption if done right.
In the run-up to Kenya's March 2013 elections, Joel D. Barkan argues that the United States should take proactive measures to prevent a repeat of the electoral violence that broke out across the country in 2007.
In this Working Paper, the author argues that contemporary challenges and the interests of advancing a liberal world order are best served by the creation of D10 group of democracies "to best organize for the challenges of today's world."
Douglas Dillon Fellow Micah Zenko analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.
In this Policy Innovation Memorandum, Shannon O'Neil analyzes U.S.-Mexico security cooperation and recommends policy shifts as the two countries' new administrations move forward.
In this IIGG Working Paper, the authors argue that the United States should initiate a new phase of democratic internationalism based on the "pull of success rather than the push of power."
Joshua Kurlantzick asseses the current limitations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and prescribes recommendations for both the United States and ASEAN that will enable ASEAN to firmly establish itself as the essential regional organization in Asia.
While they acknowledge the importance of building and maintaining positive relations with China, South Koreans feel apprehensive about China's growing influence.
The success of the Global Green Growth Institute, a new international organization dedicated to changing the way countries grow economically, depends on its ability to effectively address developing countries' institutional and technical shortcomings. If efficacious, however, it could revolutionize international economic development efforts.
There are high entry costs for South Korea to pursue space activity, but it will provide important contributions to national security and offer benefits that come with the associated prestige.
Shanker Singham details the new and growing international trade problem of government-imposed anticompetitive market distortions—and what the United States can do to combat them.
Daniel Drezner assesses international financial governance and concludes that, contrary to conventional wisdom, evidence suggests that global governance structures responded to the 2008 financial crisis robustly.
This Policy Innovation Memorandum from the International Institutions and Global Governance program calls for the creation of a Global Trust for Rule of Law, a multilateral partnership bridging the public, private, and nonprofit sectors that would have a purpose of building developing nations' capacity to implement rule of law; unleashing the potential of marginalized groups worldwide; and promoting not only human dignity but, crucially, global economic growth.
The author analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.
The biggest threat to America's security and prosperity comes not from abroad but from within, writes CFR President Richard N. Haass in his provocative and important new book. More