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Steam rises at sunrise from the Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility ESKOM near Sasolburg, South Africa on March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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The Climate Challenge and China's Belt and Road Initiative

by Jennifer Hillman and Alex Tippett March 31, 2021

BRI's fossil fuel investments will make combatting climate change more difficult. The U.S. needs to offer developing nations an alternative means of acquiring clean energy. Read More

Infectious Diseases
Four Lessons From a Painful Pandemic Year
The pandemic has taught us many harsh lessons. After such a painful year, we can’t forget them.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 29, 2021 The Internationalist
Climate Change
Geoengineering Is Coming, Whether It’s Governed or Not
Some deployment of geoengineering is inescapable. The world urgently needs to begin crafting strong principles and rules for geoengineering's collective governance.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 22, 2021 The Internationalist
Climate Change
An Internationalism that Protects: Why We Need to Reboot the Baruch Plan for Geoengineering
New planet-changing geoengineering technology is available to help humanity combat an existential security threat. However, like atomic fission, this technology is not to be jumped at without caution.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist March 17, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Global Governance
    Bringing the High Seas Biodiversity Treaty Into Port
    The high seas are poorly governed. Ratifying the proposed high seas pact would plug this gaping hole and help preserve the future of life on nearly half of the planet.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 15, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Trade
    Europe and the Prospects for WTO Reform
    The United States should recognize, and attempt to seize, the opportunity on WTO Appellate Body reform being offered by the European Union.
    Blog Post by Jennifer Hillman and Alex Tippett March 10, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Democracy
    Democracy Is Down, but Not Out
    Fewer than 20 percent of the globe’s inhabitants now live in a “free” country today. What might be done to reverse the autocratic tide?
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 8, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Climate Change
    It’s Long Past Time for the U.S. to Ratify the ‘Treaty of Life’
    Bold U.S. leadership is needed now more than ever to address the biodiversity crisis. The Biden administration should submit the UN biodiversity convention to the Senate for ratification.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 1, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Climate Change
    How Biden Can Embrace Environmental Stewardship
    The dramatic loss of global biodiversity poses a grave threat to humanity. The Biden administration has two golden opportunities to embrace environmental stewardship. 
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick February 22, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Democracy
    Trump Still Casts a Shadow Over Biden’s Pro-Democracy Ambitions
    The rationale behind Biden’s democracy summit is not idealistic but deeply realistic. It reflects a conviction that a world order based on a core of resilient democracies is likely to be a safer, more open, and more prosperous one.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick February 16, 2021 The Internationalist
  • United States
    Biden’s Foreign Policy Takes Shape
    Biden drew the curtain on the disastrous Trump era, emphasizing the nation’s strength at home determines its success abroad—and vice versa.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick February 8, 2021 The Internationalist