Working Papers

Advancing Human Rights in the UN System

Advancing Human Rights in the UN System

Author: Suzanne Nossel

In this Working Paper, Suzanne Nossel, former deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations from August 2009 to November 2011, discusses how U.S. engagement with the UN Human Rights Council has acted to improve the body and offers recommendations for sustaining and building upon this positive momentum.

See more in Human Rights, UN

What Drives CNH Market Equilibrium?

What Drives CNH Market Equilibrium?

Author: Peter Garber

Peter Garber delves into China's offshore currency market to understand what drives its growth and what it means for further liberalization of the renminbi.

See more in China, Geoeconomics

The African Union's Conflict Management Capabilities

The African Union's Conflict Management Capabilities

Author: Paul D. Williams

Paul D. Williams assesses Africa's growing strategic importance to the United States, while clarifying how the African Union (AU) is poised to be a U.S. partner on the continent. Citing numerous challenges facing the AU regarding conflict management capabilities, this Working Paper enumerates practical policy recommendations for capacity-building in this area.

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The Proliferation Security Initiative

The Proliferation Security Initiative

Author: Emma L. Belcher

Emma L. Belcher recommends strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative and adopting its model for other agreements in order to advance U.S. interests in preventing proliferation and provide a useful framework to mobilize international action on important global issues.

See more in Treaties, Proliferation

Improving Energy Market Regulation: Domestic and International Issues

Improving Energy Market Regulation: Domestic and International Issues

Author: Daniel P. Ahn

Highs and volatile energy prices have driven the regulation of commodity financial markets to the forefront of the U.S. and G20 policy agendas, including the upcoming 2011 G20 meeting in France. Integrated commodity markets require international policy coordination, but not all policy initiatives are equally desirable. Improving Energy Market Regulation: Domestic and International Issues examines a range of policy options at both the domestic and international levels.

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A New Reality for the European Union

A New Reality for the European Union

Author: Katinka Barysch

This essay analyzes recent political and economic trends in Europe, as European Union member states--and Germany in particular--deprioritize the goal of integration.

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Eurozone Crisis as Historical Legacy

Eurozone Crisis as Historical Legacy

Author: Mary Elise Sarotte

This essay examines the historical roots of the eurozone crisis, tracing the roots of ongoing political and economic problems back to agreements that were made around German reunification in 1989.

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