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A man runs on a road as fire intensely burns from two demolished cars on a debris covered street after rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel on October 7, 2023.
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Global Perspectives

Global Perspectives on the Hamas Attacks on Israel

Council of Councils (CoC) experts from Saudi Arabia, Germany, China, and Italy react to the surprise assault by Gaza militants on Israel on October 7, detail the regional and international implications, and propose ways forward for managing or ending the conflict in this Global Perspectives Roundup.
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Global Memos

Briefs that gather opinions from global experts on major international developments.

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A broad shot of the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit 2023 in New York in the large UN auditorium with colored streamers representing the SDGs hanging around the room on September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar

The SDGs Are Not on Track: Here Is What the World Should Do

World leaders unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015, ambitiously aiming to speed econ…

World Bank President Ajay Banga, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and U.S. President Joe Biden hold hands on a red carpet with representative flags behind them, posing for a group photo during G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Saturday, September 9, 2023.

Was the G20 Summit a Turning Point for the Global South?

Did the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in New Delhi on September 9–10, 2023, break any meaningful new ground?…

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a picture standing up holding hands above their heads at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 23, 2023.

The BRICS Summit 2023: Seeking an Alternate World Order?

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) bloc met for its annual leader’s summit in Johannesburg, Sou…

NATO leaders and invited guests pose for a family photo, as they attend an event with G7 leaders to announce a joint declaration of support for Ukraine, as the NATO summit is held in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 12, 2023. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

NATO Divided: Global Perspectives on the Vilnius Summit

Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gathered in Vilniu…

G7 leaders visit the Itsukushima Shrine, which is in the middle of a lake with sunlight reflecting off the water, on Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi, Japan on Friday, May 19, 2023. Kenny Holston/Pool via REUTERS

Russia, China, and the G7’s Dilemmas: Global Perspectives on the Summit

Japan hosted the Group of Seven (G7) leaders summit in Hiroshima on May 19 through 21.…

Attendees are seen on the screen as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a virtual Summit for Democracy in Washington,DC, on March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Global Perspectives on the Second Summit for Democracy

Amid a backdrop of global democratic backsliding and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

A Ukrainian soldier hides from a helicopter air strike amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near Demydiv, Ukraine on March 10, 2022.

The Invasion That Shook the World

It has been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, setting off the largest armed conflict in Europe since Wo…

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raising a gavel in one hand and Indonesia's President Joko Widodo’s hand in his other, stand and smile during the handover ceremony at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Bali, Indonesia on November 16, 2022.

Global Summits in 2023: A Test for the Rise of the Rest?

The world is enduring the most complex and interdependent set of challenges in recent memory, and global summits continue to play…

Chairs surround round tables in front of a bright LED screen displaying Indonesian’s G20 theme at a meeting of the G20 finance ministers in Bali, Indonesia on July 16, 2022.

How the War in Ukraine and Big Power Tensions Could Derail the Bali G20 Summit

The Group of Twenty (G20) leaders summit is set to take place in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15 and 16 at a time of expandin…

Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya sits with his hand on his head gazing downward at the UN General Assembly during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York City on August 1, 2022

The Future of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Is in Danger

After a month of negotiations, the tenth review conference (RevCon) of the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proli…

Overheated, a healthcare worker takes a break as people wait in their vehicles in long lines for the COVID-19 testing in Houston, Texas on July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

The World Can Prevent Future Pandemics. Here's How to Fund It

More than two years since the start of COVID-19, the world needs to ask itself whether it has the collective capacity…

U.S. President Joe Biden walks off the stage with his back to the camera after speaking during the opening plenary session at the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 2022.

A Region Divided: What Did the Summit of the Americas Accomplish?

Leaders of twenty-three Western Hemisphere countries attended the ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on June 6–10, w…

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The Council of Councils Fourteenth Regional Conference

Nov 5-7, 2023
Participants at the CoC fourteenth regional conference.
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Council of Councils Eighth Virtual Conference

Sep 6, 2023
Participants at the CoC eighth virtual conference.
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Global Governance Working Papers

These papers identify new principles, rules, or institutional arrangements that can improve international cooperation in addressing global challenges.

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An inflatable nuclear missile balloon stands at the ready before a protest held by the group Global Zero in McPherson Square on April 1, 2016 in Washington, DC. The protest, designed to rally support for the elimination of nuclear weapons, was timed to occur at the same time as world leaders were meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit being held today in Washington.

Reinventing Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation as Cooperative Endeavors

Apr 21, 2021

Differences between nuclear and nonnuclear weapons states could seriously weaken the nuclear regime. Recasting disarmament as a common endeavor that addresses each country’s legitimate interests and priorities would improve its prospects.

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The Outer Space Treaty: Overcoming Space Security Governance Challenges

Feb 23, 2021

Outer space is growing more crowded and contested. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan recommends regulating activities that disrupt, deny, or destroy space systems to ensure outer space is available to all. 

A diplomat walks through the main doors of the assembly building at the UN headquarters in New York, on September 17, 2015. Mike Segar/Reuters

From Norm-Takers to Norm-Makers Making African Voices More Effective at the United Nations

Jul 27, 2020

African UN member states should act as unifiers and conveners rather than dividers. More coordination could help them overcome the structural challenges they face at the United Nations.

A Palestinian doctor examines a patient’s eyes at a medical center in a refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on May 7, 2012. Ammar Awad/Reuters

A Silent Crisis The Rise of Noncommunicable Diseases in Refugee Settings

Jan 30, 2020

Refugee health needs in non-camp, urban settings have increasingly shifted to noncommunicable diseases. Providing preventive care and specialist treatment requires a massive influx of resources, but it is well worth the investment.

Rohingya refugees wait for medical checkups in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on January 21, 2018. Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

Refuge From Disease Mitigating Communicable Diseases in Refugee Populations

Jan 30, 2020

Mitigating potential communicable disease in refugee populations is a subset of efforts for human rights, equality, and dignity. A basic multilateral framework could improve health care in these situations and provide an example for future challenges.

Reevaluating Global Trade Governance Structures to Address Climate Change

Reevaluating Global Trade Governance Structures to Address Climate Change

Jul 02, 2019

Climate change poses an immense challenge to the biosphere and global economy. To make international trade more environmentally friendly, the world needs to use rules that have been around for decades, create new rules, and find new space for climate change policy.

The Anticipatory Governance of Solar Radiation Management

The Anticipatory Governance of Solar Radiation Management

Jul 02, 2019

Emission reductions alone are unlikely to prevent severe climate change impacts. As researchers and policymakers pay increasing attention to measures such as solar radiation management (SRM), states and private actors need to agree on the potential role of SRM in the overall climate change regime and to recognize its limitations.

India and the World: Fueling a New Low-Carbon Growth Model

India and the World: Fueling a New Low-Carbon Growth Model

Dec 13, 2018

India’s capability to grow in a carbon-scarce world will determine the fate of the Sustainable Development Goals. For India and other countries to conduct low-carbon transitions in an economically sustainable manner, it is imperative that they address the fractured financial state of power distribution companies, the lack of developed financial markets, and stringent international financial regulations.

Arctic Governance: Challenges and Opportunities

Arctic Governance: Challenges and Opportunities

Nov 29, 2018

As national governments, international institutions, and nonstate actors explore different approaches to Arctic governance, a cohesive approach is necessary to address the environmental, economic, sociocultural, and geopolitical challenges this region faces.

This paper has benefited from numerous comments and suggestion from Council of Councils members, in particular Jennifer Spence (Centre for International Governance Innovation), Sergey Kulik (Institute of Contemporary Development), Ettore Greco (Institute of International Affairs), and Tobias Etzold (German Institute for International and Security Affairs). The author also thanks CFR’s editorial staff and Terrence Mullan for their valued contributions to this paper.

Global Monetary Policy Divergence and the Reemergence of Global Imbalances

Global Monetary Policy Divergence and the Reemergence of Global Imbalances

Jun 26, 2018

To minimize the risk of greater global imbalances, U.S. policymakers should rethink U.S. fiscal policy and focus on the transatlantic imbalances, not the bilateral trade deficit with China.

This paper has benefited from numerous comments and suggestion from Council on Council members, in particular Brad Setser and Terrence Mullan.

Domesticating the Giant: The Global Governance of Migration

Domesticating the Giant: The Global Governance of Migration

Jun 19, 2018

A global policy framework and consolidated institutional architecture can help states facilitate regular migration, cope with illegal crossings, and humanely respond to forced migration.

The author thanks Asmita Parshotam (South African Institute of International Affairs), David Kipp (German Institute for International and Security Affairs), Asli Selin Okyay (Institute of International Affairs), Stewart Patrick (Council on Foreign Relations), and Christophe Bertossi and Matthieu Tardis (French Institute of International Relations) for their comments.

Increasing International Cooperation in Cybersecurity and Adapting Cyber Norms

Increasing International Cooperation in Cybersecurity and Adapting Cyber Norms

Feb 23, 2018

The world must not allow the establishment of cyber norms to atrophy. It is imperative that international cyber cooperation increases to protect the stability and resiliency of the global digital economy. Proposals for cooperation include restarting the U.S.-Russia dialogue, reconvening UN experts and implementing existing norms, starting discussions on a global cybercrime convention, and codifying cyberattack legislation into international law.

Member Articles

A collection of CoC member institute articles, blogs, and reports on global governance and international cooperation.

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The War in Gaza: A New Middle East May Yet Emerge from Israel’s Darkest Hour
The Hamas attack on Israel solidifies that as long as Hamas is a factor, no positive development can happen in the Middle East....
Oct 17, 2023 by Manuel Trajtenberg, INSS
The Ouroboros of the Middle East: What the Latest Offensive Between Israel and Palestine Means for the Region
This examines how the Hamas attacks came about, what they were hoping to gain from it, and what it will mean for not just Israeli-Palestinian relation...
Oct 16, 2023 by Alp Tanju, GRF
The Expanded BRICS Can Be a Force to Be Reckoned With in Shaping a New World Energy Order
This article discusses the implications of BRICS’ expansion for global energy policy....
Sep 29, 2023 by Jordan Mc Lean, SAIIA
Middle Powers Are Driving Sustainable Development in the Indo-Pacific
Operating through multilateral forums and groupings, such as the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation, middle and major powers, are increasingl...
Sep 26, 2023 by Sana Hasmi, ORF
The World Needs an Early-Warning System for Pandemics
The U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Program Agency is exploring adapting a system of sensors to detect pandemic outbreaks....
Sep 25, 2023 by Wesley Wark, CIGI
The Corridor Plan Unveiled at G20 Goes Much Beyond Trade
Leaders announced plans for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMMEC) at the G20 summit....
Sep 23, 2023 by Navdeep Suri, ORF
Crumbling Nuclear Order Needs Leadership and Commitment
Amid escalating nuclear threats from around the world, it is crucial for the United States, Europe, and others to reaffirm their collective values and...
Jul 17, 2023 by Marion Messmer and Julia Cournoyer, Chatham House
On the Brink of Developing Countries' Debt Crisis
With the risk of a major international debt crisis for developing countries increasing, this examines the probability of a crisis and what the global ...
Jul 07, 2023 by Piotr Dzierżanowski, PISM
Dialogue a Guardrail to Avert Disaster Amid US-China Rivalry
This discusses the necessity for dialogue amongst countries in multilateral institutions given the Australian nuclear-submarine catalyst in recent new...
Jun 04, 2023 by Chen Dongxiao, SIIS
Chips, Subsidies, Security, and Great Power Competition
This report focuses on economic great power interests in the technology sector, particularly between competing industries, and how subsidies and expor...
May 23, 2023 by John Edwards, Lowy Institute
Five Priorities for G7 to Strengthen Economic Security
Japan’s G7 presidency is a chance to narrow differences on economic security, strengthen member coordination, and step-up engagement with non-G7 count...
May 18, 2023 by Marianne Schneider-Petsinger, Chatham House
AI-Guided Weapons Must Be Curbed by Global Rules—and Soon
Developments in AI have raised alarm for those on the world stage who demand that human control over weapons systems be maintained and regulated....
May 15, 2023 by Branka Marijan, CIGI

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