Stewart Patrick is senior fellow and director of the International Institu-tions and Global Governance pro-gram. A former State Department policy planning member, Patrick is an expert on multilateral cooperation in the management of global issues; U.S. policy on international institu-tions, including the United Nations; and the challenges posed by fragile, failing, and postconflict states. He is the author of several books, includ-ing most recently The Best Laid Plans: The Origins of American Multilateralism and the Dawn of the Cold War.

International Institutions and Global Governance Program www.cfr.org/iigg

Multilateralism for the twenty-first century

Founded in 2008, the International Institutions and Global Governance (IIGG) program at the Council on Foreign Relations analyzes the institutional requirements for effective multilateral cooperation in today’s rapidly changing world.

RE SE A RCH

The IIGG program analyzes frameworks needed to address specific global issues, including

the rise of transnational threats, from terrorism to infectious disease –a shift in power to the global “South” –evolving norms of sovereignty and intervention –the mounting influence of nonstate actors –the spread of regional and subregional organizations –

DI ALOG U E

The IIGG program gathers the foreign policy community to forge inventive solutions that strengthen the world’s multilateral bodies. IIGG-sponsored meetings include

the Emerging Powers and International Institutions meeting series, en- –gaging leading voices in Brazil, China, and India to illuminate the global governance priorities of the world’s rising nations www.cfr.org/emergingpowersthe United States and the Future of Global Governance meeting series, –featuring multiple roundtables on U.S. policy toward the United Nations, international law, global finance, and other dimensions of world order www.cfr.org/usfgg

I IG G P RODUCt S AND PUbL ICAt IONS

the IIGG program produces and sponsors books, articles, reports, and multimedia packages that combine cutting-edge technology with rigorous scholarship.

The National Interest and the Law of the SeaA Council Special Report on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the strategic importance of the oceans for U.S. foreign policy todaywww.cfr.org/law_of_the_sea

Global Imbalances and the Financial CrisisA Council Special Report on one of the root causes of the financial crisis: imbalances between savings and investment in major countries www.cfr.org/global_imbalances

The United States and the New AsiaA Council Special Report on the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions that suggests policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscapewww.cfr.org/new_asia

Public Opinion on Global IssuesThe most comprehensive digest ever created on public attitudes around the world on an array of global issues, from the use of force to energy security to human rightswww.cfr.org/public_opinion

Global Governance MonitorA multimedia project that tracks, maps, and evaluates multilateral efforts to address today’s global challenges. Issue packages include nuclear proliferation, global finance, and oceans governancewww.cfr.org/ggmonitor

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