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A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into international institutions.
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A major strategic challenge for the United States in the coming decades will be integrating emerging powers into international institutions.
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President Obama's Asia trip was marked by trade-related letdowns, missed opportunities, and fresh reminders that divergences of interests could be hard to finesse, say four CFR experts.
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Stewart Patrick writes about the theoretical and practical implications of significant changes to the international political system over the past two decades in Geir Lundestad's International Relations Since the End of the Cold War: New and Old Dimensions.
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Stewart M. Patrick and Emma Welch assess the debate over an international conventional arms trade treaty and find that U.S. domestic objections are unfounded.
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Mark P. Lagon and William F. Schulz take a closer look at how liberals and conservatives understand and advance human rights and lay out options for creating a more unified human rights movement focused on resilience and creative policies rather than dogmatism.
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Mark Lagon argues that President Obama's approach to foreign affairs suggests that while the president may be for “soft power,” he is not so sure about America's moral authority to project it.
See more in Russian Fed., Egypt, Iran, Global Governance, Presidency
Stewart M. Patrick says failed states are mainly a threat to their own inhabitants, but they still need help from the global community.
See more in Global Governance, Humanitarian Intervention
Stewart M. Patrick discusses the no-fly zone in Libya and "responsibility to protect."
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Stewart M. Patrick examines the relevance of the G20 framework in a web of existing multilateral institutions and groupings.
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Stewart M. Patrick says Brazil's recent involvement in tensions between Iran and the United States underscored Brazil's determination to play on the global stage, but it may also have harmed Brazil's chances for a UN Security Council seat.
Stewart M. Patrick discusses the future of global engagement by the United States.
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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
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 International Organizations, International Peace and Security
Stewart M. Patrick reviews Too Poor for Peace? by Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet.
See more in Global Governance, International Peace and Security, Poverty
This chapter by Stewart Patrick is excerpted from the book The White House and the World: A Global Development Agenda for the Next U.S. President and addresses how the United States must reformulate how it handles failing, failed and war-torn states.
See more in International Peace and Security, U.S. Election 2008
Stewart Patrick contends that assumptions about the threats posed by failing states--or "weak links"--are based on anecdotal arguments and challenges the conventional wisdom through systematic empirical analysis.
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A look at the long-standing but unresolved debate of the virtues and values of multilateralism versus unilateralism in American foreign policy.
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Kara C. McDonald and Stewart M. Patrick offer recommendations for U.S. leadership in United Nations Security Council reform and expansion.
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Violations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by Iran and North Korea threaten to undermine the legitimacy of the nonproliferation regime. Paul Lettow proposes a comprehensive agenda for improvements, including tougher sanctions against transgressors, a criteria-based system to limit the spread of enrichment and processing technologies, and expansion of International Atomic Energy Agency authority.
See more in Global Governance, Proliferation
The upcoming NATO summit will include talks on the endgame in Afghanistan, a new smart defense doctrine, and bolstering global partnerships, all of it colored by fundamental questions about the role and mission of the alliance, says CFR's Stewart Patrick.
What is the effect of U.S. domestic political gridlock on international relations?
The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces
Special operations play a critical role in how the United States confronts irregular threats, but to have long-term strategic impact, the author argues, numerous shortfalls must be addressed.
Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies
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 Power Surge
A groundbreaking analysis of what the changes in American energy mean for the economy, national security, and the environment. More
Two Nations Indivisible
A roadmap for the United States' greatest overlooked foreign policy challenge of our time--relations with its southern neighbor. More
Why Growth Matters
Two experts argue that despite myriad development strategies, only one can succeed in alleviating poverty in India: the overall growth of the country's economy. More