CFR unveils IIGG

The International Institutions and Global Governance program

• About the Program
  
  The Program on International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is supported by a generous grant from the Robina Foundation. It aims to identify the institutional requirements for effective multilateral cooperation in the twenty-first century. The program is motivated by recognition that the architecture of global governance-largely reflecting the world as it existed in 1945-has not kept pace with fundamental changes in the international system. These shifts include the spread of transnational challenges, the rise of new powers, and the mounting influence of nonstate actors. Existing multilateral arrangements thus provide an inadequate foundation for addressing many of today's most pressing threats and opportunities and for advancing U.S. national and broader global interests.
  Given these trends, U.S. policymakers and other interested actors require rigorous, independent analysis of current structures of multilateral cooperation, and of the promises and pitfalls of alternative institutional arrangements. The IIGG program meets these needs by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of existing multilateral institutions and proposing reforms tailored to new international circumstances.
  The IIGG fulfills its mandate by:
  
  • Engaging CFR fellows in research on improving existing and building new frameworks to address specific global challenges-including climate change, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational terrorism, and global health-and disseminating the research through books, articles, Council Special Reports, and other outlets;
  • Bringing together influential foreign policymakers, scholars, and CFR members to debate the merits of international regimes and frameworks at meetings in New York, Washington, DC, and other select cities;
  • Hosting roundtable series whose objectives are to inform the foreign policy community of today's international governance challenges and breed inventive solutions to strengthen the world's multilateral bodies; and
  • Providing a state-of-the-art Web presence as a resource to the wider foreign policy community on issues related to the future of global governance.
  The attached concept note summarizes the rationale for the program on global governance, describes potential areas of research and policy engagement, and outlines the envisioned products and activities. We believe that the research and policy agenda outlined here constitutes a significant contribution to U.S. and international deliberations on the requirements for world order in the twenty-first century.
  Concept Document (PDF)
  
  
  

IIGG Issue Areas


The International Institutions and Global Governance program focuses on projects and initiatives that aim to better understand and strengthen current multilateral arrangements governing state conduct and international cooperation in meeting four broad sets of challenges:
1. Countering Transnational Threats (including terrorism, proliferation of WMD, and infectious disease)
2. Protecting the Environment and Promoting Energy Security
3. Managing the Global Economy
4. Preventing and Responding to Violent Conflict.
The program also examines the potential to adapt major bedrock institutions as well as the feasibility of creating new frameworks and initiatives to meet today's challenges.

IIGG Fellows

Stewart M. Patrick
Senior Fellow and Director, Program on International Institutions and Global Governance
Former State Department policy planning staff member. Current work focuses on U.S. policy toward global governance. Author of The Best Laid Plans, released in November 2008.
Expertise:
Multilateral cooperation, international institutions and global governance; United Nations; weak and failing states; foreign assistance and post-conflict reconstruction; transnational threats; U.S. foreign policy; diplomatic history.
CFR Contributors

Below you will find an alphabetical listing of CFR fellows who have contributed to IIGG projects.
Scott Borgerson, Visiting Fellow for Ocean Governance
Charles Ferguson, Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health
Charles Kupchan, Senior Fellow for Europe Studies
Paul Lettow, Adjunct Senior Fellow
Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment and Director of the Program on Energy Security and Climate Change
Shannon O'Neil, Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies
Davis Robinson, Adjunct Senior Fellow
Brad Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics
Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics
Matthew Waxman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy
Micah Zenko, Fellow for Conflict Prevention

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Dfunk said:

You people aren't aware of this already? It's too late...already begun. It's gonna be a wild ride so hope your ready. You should look up Agenda 21 & The Freedom From War Act. It will all make sense eventually.

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