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Can Solar Geoengineering Be Used as a Weapon?

by Guest Blogger for the Internationalist April 29, 2021

The premise that solar geoengineering is weaponizable is either false or grossly overstated. It is time to leave such distractions behind and focus more squarely on the real dilemmas of this otherwise promising technology. Read More

Europe
The Belt and Road Initiative: Forcing Europe to Reckon with China?
In addition to undermining European unity, BRI may also work to cleave the transatlantic alliance. To head off these dilemmas, Europe will need to provide clear alternatives to Chinese infrastructure spending.
Blog Post by Jennifer Hillman and Alex Tippett April 27, 2021 The Internationalist
Energy and Environment
Biden’s Climate Pledge Puts U.S. Credibility on the Line
Biden’s Earth Day summit leaves important, lingering questions, the most important of these being the feasibility and credibility of his plans.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 26, 2021 The Internationalist
Global Governance
The Biden Administration and the Future of Multilateralism
For multilateralism to be credible, the Biden administration will need to reconsolidate a U.S. political consensus on global engagement and persuade foreign partners of America’s global staying power.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 21, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Global Governance
    The U.S. Intelligence Community’s Harrowing Take on Our Possible Futures
    In the next 40 years, institutions at all levels could struggle to adapt to abrupt demographic shifts, economic turbulence, runaway climate change, and technological innovation.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 19, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Energy and Environment
    The ‘30x30’ Campaign to Save the Biosphere
    To preserve a stable biosphere, scientists believe humanity must protect 30 percent of the Earth by 2030, and ideally half of the planet by midcentury.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 12, 2021 The Internationalist
  • China
    China’s Belt and Road Initiative Should Be on the World Bank and IMF’s Agenda
    The Spring Meetings should address BRI’s pitfalls and advance policies to help put BRI countries on the path toward recovery and sustainable growth.
    Blog Post by David Sacks and Guest Blogger for the Internationalist April 7, 2021 The Internationalist
  • Global Governance
    A Concert of Powers Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come—and Gone
    A global concert of major powers has undeniable attraction as a potential deus ex machina in our age of global turbulence. But its elegant simplicity is a mirage.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 5, 2021 International Institutions and Global Governance Program
  • Climate Change
    The Climate Challenge and China's Belt and Road Initiative
    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.
    Blog Post by Jennifer Hillman and Alex Tippett March 31, 2021 The Internationalist
  • 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