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

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The Landmark Antarctic Treaty Turns Sixty, Facing Its Biggest Test: Climate Change
December 9, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
The Landmark Antarctic Treaty Turns Sixty, Facing Its Biggest Test: Climate Change
World Politics Review
December 9, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Can New Rules of the Road Help in Securing Cyberspace?
December 2, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
Can New Rules of the Road Help in Securing Cyberspace?
World Politics Review
December 2, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Europe Wants Strategic Autonomy, but That Is Much Easier Said Than Done
November 25, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
Europe Wants Strategic Autonomy, but That Is Much Easier Said Than Done
World Politics Review
November 25, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
"The Crown" Explains Why Trump Is a Weak Head of State
Monkey Cage
November 25, 2019
By Miles Kahler
At the Paris Peace Forum, Europe Makes the Case for Multilateralism
November 18, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
At the Paris Peace Forum, Europe Makes the Case for Multilateralism
World Politics Review
November 18, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
The World This Week: Trump Impeachment Hearings, Bolivia Crisis, Venice Floods, Polanski Controversy
France 24
November 15, 2019
Featuring Stewart M. Patrick
A Tale of Two Paris Agreements
November 11, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
A Tale of Two Paris Treaties
World Politics Review
November 11, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
What Would "Restraint" Really Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy?
November 4, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
What Would "Restraint" Really Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy?
World Politics Review
November 4, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
How Do Warren's and Sanders's Progressive Foreign Policy Visions Stack Up?
October 28, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
How Do Warren's and Sanders’s Progressive Foreign Policy Visions Stack Up?
World Politics Review
October 28, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Should There Be a "Right to Assist" Campaigns of Civil Resistance?
October 21, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
Should There Be a "Right to Assist" Campaigns of Civil Resistance?
World Politics Review
October 21, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Trump Kills the G7's Legitimacy
October 18, 2019
By Terrence Mullan and Guest Blogger for the Internationalist
Remembering the Washington Conference That Brought the World Standard Time
October 7, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
Remembering the Washington Conference That Brought the World Standard Time
World Politics Review
October 7, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Down the Hunger Spiral: Pathways to the Disintegration of the Global Food System
October 3, 2019
By Guest Blogger for the Internationalist
As Negotiations Stumble, the Rationale for a Global Environmental Pact Grows
September 30, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick
Expert Take
As Negotiations Stumble, the Rationale for a Global Environmental Pact Grows
World Politics Review
September 30, 2019
By Stewart M. Patrick

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