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Thoughts on the ICJ’s Decision in Iran v United States and the Trump Administration’s Treaty Withdrawals

by John B. Bellinger III October 5, 2018

The following is a guest post by John B. Bellinger III, adjunct senior fellow for international and national security law at the Council on Foreign Relations. Read More

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Diplomacy and International Institutions

Ten Global Summits to Watch in 2018

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick December 21, 2017 The Internationalist

United Nations

U.S. Funding for the United Nations: More Than Anybody Realizes?

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick September 28, 2017 The Internationalist

Conflict Prevention

Transnational Terrorism: Three Things to Know

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick February 19, 2015 The Internationalist

Peacekeeping

UN Peacekeeping: Where Are All the Women?

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick June 20, 2017 The Internationalist

Global Governance

Year One of America First: Global Governance in 2017

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick December 28, 2017 The Internationalist

Diplomacy and International Institutions

Trump, the World Bank, and the IMF: Explaining the Dog that Didn’t Bark (Yet)

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick October 11, 2017 The Internationalist

Health

Silent Suffering: Mental Health as a Global Health Priority

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick April 7, 2017 The Internationalist

International Law

The International Criminal Court and the Trump Administration
With John Bolton as national security advisor, both the United States and the International Criminal Court should take steps to avoid a collision. 

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick March 28, 2018 The Internationalist

Diplomacy and International Institutions

President Trump and the Future of Global Governance

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick January 31, 2017 The Internationalist

October 2, 2018

Technology and Innovation
Children touch the hands of the humanoid robot Roboy at the exhibition Robots on Tour in Zurich on March 9, 2013.
Governing the Next Technological Revolution

With the perils of heedless innovation all too apparent, and with a new and potentially more transformative wave of technical advances in the pipeline, global movements to govern the next technological revolution are beginning to take shape.

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by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick October 2, 2018

September 26, 2018

China
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, left, Director General of the World Health Organization, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, before the start of a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 17, 2018.
China’s Latent Opportunity for Global Health Engagement

The WHO's courtship of China reflects a desire to answer a critical concern: global health’s need for new partners and more funding. For tuberculosis control, China's increased role in global health can be particularly effective, even if there are shortcomings.

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by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick September 26, 2018

September 25, 2018

United Nations
U.S. President Donald J. Trump addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 25, 2018.
Narcissistic Nationalism: Trump’s Second UN General Assembly Address

Trump’s address to the UN highlighted his narrow-minded, transactional approach to diplomacy. He may have been speaking at the United Nations, but the emphasis was clearly on the second word—nations—rather than the ties that bind those independent countries.

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by Stewart M. Patrick September 25, 2018