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The hectic 2019 summit calendar offers little rest for world leaders, wicked and virtuous alike. It also affirms that ecological matters—that is, humanity’s relationship with the biosphere—are now front and center in world politics.
Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of five leading global think tanks sum up the outcomes of the G20 summit, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 30 to December 1.
The geopolitical competition for influence among China and other powers appears to be heating up in the Pacific Island region. However, recent data from the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map finds that China’s aid pledges tend to be overstated. While the goal of the Pacific Aid Map is to make aid better in the region, it also helps to inject nuance into an intense public debate about aid.
Global leaders have called for a greater commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, but in order to achieve them, reforms should be made to support enhanced global coordination. Any actions should aim toward increasing WHO financing, promoting systematic dialogue, and creating binding frameworks to collectively mitigate global health issues.
The G7 summit agenda would be ambitious even under normal conditions, and the circumstances surrounding the Charlevoix summit are far from normal. With a trade war brewing between the United States and other G7 members, the summit faces steep obstacles to success.
The profoundly uninspiring 2018 Summit of the Americas should be seen as a wasted opportunity of epic proportions. More sophisticated regional cooperation in the realms of migration, surging violence and crime, drug trafficking, and democracy is crucial to help nations across the Western Hemisphere overcome the many domestic challenges they face.
On October 7-9, 2018, the East Asia Institute (EAI) and CFR convened the eleventh Council of Councils regional conference, Adapting to a Changing Order in Asia, in Seoul, South Korea.
On May 6-8, 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations hosted the Council of Councils Seventh Annual Conference in New York.
On November 5–7, 2017, the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI) and CFR convened the tenth Council of Councils regional conference, Latin America, the World Today, and the Future of Global Governance, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
For the United States, which still has interests in the Middle East, this argues that a hasty withdrawal of forces from Syria weakens its influence on processes in the region and limits its room to maneuver in the face of existing challenges.
This details how economic diplomacy has changed in 2018 and argues that the much-forecasted arrival of geoeconomics has seen an acceptance—and even a desire—for U.S.-China tech competition.
For Germany and Europe, finding a peaceful solution to the North Korean conflict—or at least preventing military escalation—is critical. This collection addresses how to consolidate global order structures to avoid an all-out war.
A decade after the first G20 Leaders’ Summit, former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers reflect on how the forum came to be and how it can better serve the international community going forward.
Multilateralism can survive so long as it transforms. The EU, whose existence depends on it, cannot but be at the forefront in spurring such a transformation of global governance.
As the U.S., Russia, and China are in the process of modernizing their nuclear forces, there must be a new, multilateral model to limit nuclear threats.
View the results in the Council of Councils Report Card.
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The video presents the findings of the 2016 Report Card and a discussion on implications for global cooperation.
