International Institutions and Global Governance Program

The Council on Foreign Relations’ International Institutions and Global Governance program analyses how to optimize multilateral responses to global threats.  The program and affiliated fellows inform policymakers and international organizations through publications, meetings, and briefings.

Program Experts

John B. Bellinger III

Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law

Esther Brimmer

James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance

David J. Scheffer

Senior Fellow

Matthew C. Waxman

Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy

1023 results

Expert Take
Scrap or Salvage: The Future of the International Liberal World Order
Network 20/20
January 21, 2021
By Stewart M. Patrick
Biden’s Summit for Democracy Is More Needed Than Ever
January 19, 2021
By Stewart M. Patrick
How Can Corporate Leaders Do More to Defend Democracy?
January 15, 2021
By David J. Scheffer
What Are Biden’s Actual Prospects for Reviving Transatlantic Relations?
January 11, 2021
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
What Are Biden’s Actual Prospects for Reviving Trans-Atlantic Relations?
World Politics Review
January 11, 2021
By Stewart M. Patrick
It’s Time for a New Concept of Development Adapted to the Anthropocene
December 21, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
It’s Time for a New Concept of Development Adapted to the Anthropocene
World Politics Review
December 21, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Biden Will Have to Confront a New and Perhaps More Dangerous Space Race
December 14, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
COVID-19 Poses the Greatest Challenge Yet to the U.N. Humanitarian System
December 7, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Biden’s Environmental Agenda Must Go Beyond Climate Change
November 30, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
Biden’s Environmental Agenda Must Go Beyond Climate Change
World Politics Review
November 30, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
What Biden's new foreign policy team tells us
BBC
November 24, 2020
Featuring Stewart M. Patrick
How Biden can Reinvigorate American Leadership Within the UN
November 23, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Making America Decent Again: Biden and the Future of U.S. Human Rights Policy
November 23, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
How Biden Can Prove That ‘America Is Back’ at the United Nations
November 23, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
How Biden Can Prove That ‘America Is Back’ at the United Nations
World Politics Review
November 23, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Biden and the Future of U.S. Human Rights Policy
November 16, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
America and Multilateralism: Back to the Golden Age
Paris Peace Forum
November 12, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Rejoining the Paris Agreement Is the Easy Part
November 11, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Rejoining the Paris Agreement Is the Easy Part for Biden on Climate Change
November 9, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Allies Prepare for U.S. U-Turn as Biden Shifts Priorities
Bloomberg
November 9, 2020
Featuring Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
Rejoining the Paris Agreement Is the Easy Part for Biden on Climate Change
World Politics Review
November 9, 2020
By Stewart M. Patrick
Allies Prepare for U.S. U-Turn as Biden Shifts Priorities Read more at: https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/allies-
Bloomberg
November 9, 2020
Featuring Stewart M. Patrick
Final countdown: Anxious, divided America votes
France 24
November 3, 2020
Featuring Stewart M. Patrick

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