Sep 09, 2025

Global Memos

These briefs are a feature of the Council of Councils initiative, gathering opinions from global experts on major international developments. 
Dec 20, 2024

Global Summits to Watch in 2025: Priorities for a Splintering World

  The most pressing issues facing the world today are rapidly evolving. The environmental effects of climate change are accelerating and threatening the health and livelihoods of millions. Emerging technologies have few guardrails, despite the rapid pace of their development,...
Dec 21, 2023

Global Summits to Watch in 2024: Ambitious Targets Require Real Action

This year saw many challenging developments: global temperatures shattering records, conflicts raging around the world, growing food insecurity, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. In 2024, global summits will continue to play a crucial role in bringing world...
Apr 05, 2023

Global Perspectives on the Second Summit for Democracy

Amid a backdrop of global democratic backsliding and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea, and Zambia cohosted the second Summit for Democracy on March 29 and 30. Although the summit addressed some of the...
Dec 21, 2017

Ten Global Summits to Watch in 2018

Is “America First” compatible with international cooperation? That question will get even louder in 2018, as world leaders gather for ten pivotal meetings. Collectively, they will reveal whether President Donald J. Trump’s first year was an aberration—or the start of...
Jul 18, 2022

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 to detect, diagnose, alert, and contain the next emerging or reemerging communicable disease. The capacity of countries varies widely....