The Council of Councils Seventh Annual Conference: New York
May 6, 2018—May 8, 2018On May 6-8, 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations hosted the Council of Councils Seventh Annual Conference in New York.
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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.
The Asia-Pacific response to Trump’s protectionist policies could drastically change the shape of the regional trade architecture.
The Global Compact for Migration is hampered by an absence of leadership within the UN system and increasing polarization and nationalism around the world. Political buy-in, support, and a positive disposition among negotiating UN members are essential if the compact is to become a sustainable blueprint for migration.
The Trump administration’s approach to ten critical global summits in the year ahead will show whether its pullback from multilateralism in 2017 was an aberration or the start of a new normal.
The Paris Agreement on climate will survive without the United States, but hitting its milestones over the next few years will likely be more difficult.
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.
On May 7-9, 2017, CFR hosted the Council of Councils Sixth Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
This argues that the impact of the Trump-Kim summit on U.S. leadership in Northeast/East Asia is, at best, mixed. While the summit may have strengthened America’s leverage in the Korean Peninsula, it failed to reassure its Northeast Asian allies.
This dossier offers an overview of international migration trends and the connections between forced displacement, migration and development. Its focus is on international cooperation and on the migrant and refugee policies of individual states.
After Donald Trump's breach of the nuclear agreement with Iran, Germany, France and Great Britain should negotiate a comprehensive security framework with Iran based on the existing agreement.
These papers assess French President Emmanuel Macron’s foreign policy since he took office. The assessments conclude that he has adjusted the balance between alliances, values, and interests, and his policies have an unambiguous European orientation.
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.