International Organizations

Following the Second World War, the United States and its democratic allies sought to create a rules-based international order to guarantee stability and prosperity for their societies. Understanding that international cooperation was crucial to tackle global issues and ensure peace, multilateral organizations were created to facilitate discussion, pool resources, mediate conflict, and coordinate joint action. Whether focusing on security, economics, health, the environment, or energy, these organizations are vital forums of international engagement and global problem-solving.

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Trade in Action

Mar 10, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – March 10, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

As we commemorate International Women’s Day (Check out the story behind the “fearless girl” on Wall Street), EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström visits Singapore, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with José Antonio Meade, Mexico’s Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, to talk economic ties between the two neighbors. On Tuesday, Trump administration officials levied a record-breaking $1.19 Billion fine […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Mar 8, 2017

Jordan’s Six Challenges at the Arab League Summit

By Shehab al-Makahleh

On March 29, Jordan will host the Arab League summit amid chaos across the Middle East.  There is speculation that Russia and Egypt are pressing the Arab League to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the summit in light of reports that Syrian military officers have visited Jordan and Egypt over the past few weeks. […]

International Organizations Middle East

New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2017

Europe Prepares for a New Transatlantic Bargain

By Anna Wieslander

Of all American alliances around the globe, the transatlantic relationship is the crown jewel. Despite disagreements and quarrels, the United States and Europe have together built and defended the liberal order for more than seventy years. March 8, International Women’s Day, is an official UN commemoration day and as such, part of that liberal order. […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2017

NATO Fights to Close the Gender Gap

By Teri Schultz

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, adopted in 2000, had high hopes. Recognizing that women and children are the worst affected by armed conflict, the measure urged member governments and the UN itself to include more women in decision making and operations. It also “called on all parties to armed conflict to protect women and girls […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy
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NATOSource

Mar 3, 2017

NATO and the EU Need ‘Grand Strategy’ to Resist Putin, says General

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato cannot deter Russia alone and must formulate a “grand strategy” for security in Europe with the EU, the alliance’s highest-ranking operational European officer has warned.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Mar 3, 2017

The ‘European Values’ of the Libya Migration Deal

By Tom Rollins

Last month, European Union leaders met in Malta, in the words of European Council President Donald Tusk, to “agree [to] concrete operational measures to stem irregular migration from Libya to Europe.” The statement was an unusually frank expression of EU intentions in the Mediterranean: to regulate, limit, or halt mixed migration flows on the Central Mediterranean […]

European Union International Organizations

Trade in Action

Mar 2, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – March 2

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week in the newsletter: After his first full month in office, US President Donald Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, USTR released its 2017 trade policy agenda, and Wilbur Ross got confirmed as Commerce Secretary on Monday.  On the European side, President of the European Commission Jean- Claude Juncker released A […]

Economy & Business European Union
Don't call it an EU military HQ

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2017

EU to Set Up New Military Unit Which Officially is Not an EU Military HQ

By Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico Europe

The EU is to set up a new military unit as part of its plans for greater defense cooperation, according to several diplomats — just don’t call it an EU military HQ.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 27, 2017

America is Not an Ethno-State

By Daniel Fried

My forty years in the Foreign Service—and the careers of many of my friends—became associated with the fall of the Soviet Empire and the putting in order of what came after:  the building of a Europe whole, free and at peace.  It is hard to recall today how improbable victory in the Cold War appeared.  […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2017

Lessons from a Regional Approach to Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Richard LeBaron

Towards the end of their press conference on February 15, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald J. Trump hinted at their evolving strategy to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict and broader Arab-Israeli differences through a regional approach.  Netanyahu: And I believe that the great opportunity for peace comes from a regional approach from […]

International Organizations Israel

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