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America First Policies Leave America Alone and Disadvantaged

by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick June 19, 2018

The following is a guest post by Terrence Mullan, program coordinator of the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Read More

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Global Governance

When America fails to lead, the whole world suffers

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick and Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick May 15, 2017 The Internationalist

Diplomacy and International Institutions

An Open World Is in the Balance. What Might Replace the Liberal Order?

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick January 10, 2017 The Internationalist

International Organizations

Trump’s Misguided National Security Budget: Every Problem is Not a Nail

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick March 16, 2017 The Internationalist

International Organizations

Future of U.S. relationship with UN in Doubt

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick December 28, 2016 The Internationalist

United States

Brexit, Experts, and Trump: Is Policy Expertise Still Relevant in a Populist Age?

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick June 29, 2016 The Internationalist

Health

Will the Director General Election Bring About the Change the World Health Organization is Looking for?

Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick April 14, 2017 The Internationalist

International Organizations

Thy Neighbor’s Keeper: Improving Global Humanitarian Response

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick April 28, 2016 The Internationalist

International Organizations

Obama’s UN Address: An Enlightened Man in an Unreasonable World

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 20, 2016 The Internationalist

Oceans and Seas

America’s Stakes in the Oceans Go Well beyond the South China Sea

Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 13, 2016 The Internationalist

June 11, 2018

Donald Trump
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to U.S. President Donald J. Trump during the second day of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix, Canada on June 9, 2018.
At G7 Summit, Trump Takes a Wrecking Ball to the West

The outcome of the G7 summit suggests Trump is prepared to abandon the transatlantic relationship, and even the concept of “the West,” as pillars of U.S. global engagement.

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by Stewart M. Patrick June 11, 2018

June 8, 2018

Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald J. Trump arrives at the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada on June 8, 2018.
The Ugly American: Trump Attends the G6+1 Summit

In an op-ed recently published in the Hill, I write about how Trump’s abdication of American leadership has rendered the G7’s formal summit agenda irrelevant.

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by Stewart M. Patrick June 8, 2018

May 29, 2018

Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York on September 19, 2016.
Is Canada Back? Trudeau’s Peacekeeping Promises Are Not Enough

Trudeau’s pledged UN peacekeeping contributions are an important step toward fulfilling his foreign policy promises, but if he is serious about renewing Canada’s leadership in peacekeeping, it is not enough.

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by Guest Blogger for Stewart M. Patrick May 29, 2018