Why This Year's G8 Summit Matters
It won't solve Syria or world hunger, but the Obama-hosted meeting of world leaders can still take on some major issues.… More »
Stewart M. Patrick is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (where he writes the blog The Internationalist) and Director of the Program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
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As the president says, the UN is "indispensable" but "flawed" and badly in need of improvement.… More »
The world is making important strides in basic freedoms and rights… More »
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Like the U.S.-European Atlantic Charter of 1941, a "Pacific Charter" could help establish the U.S. as an Eastern power… More »
Ideas for the G-20 meetings in Cannes today… More »
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World Bank head Robert Zoellick sees a tomorrow in which developing countries wield more power, societies succeed or fail as they empower women, and development moves beyond aid… More »
The president will need to prevent U.S. diplomatic isolation in the wake of the Palestinian statehood bid and reassure the world that congressional myopia will not derail his administration's productive reengagement with the world body… More »
From partial de-funding efforts to the recent "reform" bill, Republican moves against the UN risk U.S. global leadership and would cost far more than they'd save… More »
The blue helmet missions have been more frequent, but are they sustainable?… More »
There's more than just the fate of Libya's former leader at stake… More »
Europe's struggling with deep debt and low growth, but the heart of the continent's fiscal problems is a dysfunctional political system… More »
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