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Nuclear War, Remembered

On the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the international community continues to struggle against nuclear proliferation. Learn more about the nonproliferation regime through this interactive feature.
Global Governance Topics

Public Health
The International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific meets this week in Indonesia, which recently admitted it will not reach its own prevention targets.
Jakarta Post: AIDS Prevention Goals Still Far Off
Xinhua: Indonesia to Spur Community Group’s Role in Fighting HIV/AIDS
Schneider and Garrett: The Evolution and Future of Donor Assistance for HIV/AIDS
Navario: HIV Dollars: Boon or Black Hole?

Regionalism
At this year’s North American Leaders' Summit, topics like protectionism, narcotics, and the Honduran coup may drive the three parties further apart.
Newsweek: Moving Ahead in Honduras, North America Must Take a Stand
Embassy: Obama’s Arrival Sets North American Integration Adrift
U.S. Govt: North American Leaders to Meet August 9 – 10
Sweig: The Hemispheric Divide

International Law
Sixty years ago, the Geneva Conventions formed the basis for international humanitarian law. But some experts question their current relevance.
IRIN: Do the Geneva Conventions Still Stand Up?
LATimes: Guantanamo meets Geneva Convention Standards, Pentagon Study Finds
Essential Documents: The Geneva Conventions
IIGG Event: The Use of Force and Accountability in International Law

Recent Research and Commentary

Expert Briefs

U.S. Policy Shift Needed in the Horn of Africa

CFR's Bronwyn Bruton says the U.S.-Ethiopia security partnership is undermining U.S. counterterror goals in Somalia. If the United States...

Clinton's Challenge in India

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to India with an opportunity to further improve a relationship that has been transformed over the...

Coping with Pyongyang: Regional Diplomacy Still Vital

Northeast Asian regional security talks appear increasingly doomed since North Korea's latest missile and nuclear tests. CFR's Sheila Smith...

IIGG Featured Publication

The National Interest and the Law of the Sea

Council Special Report No. 46

IIGG’s Scott Borgerson argues that now is the time for the US to accede to the Convention on the Law of the Sea. Doing so would help to strengthen US national security and promote economic and environmental goals.

Op-Eds from CFR Fellows

State of Secrecy

Jerome A. Cohen and Jeremy Daum

South China Morning Post

Clinton to Pyongyang: Criteria for Success

Scott A. Snyder

GlobalSecurity.org

Bird in Hand

Kara C. McDonald

Foreign Policy

CFR Interviews

Pyongyang's Pardons

August 4, 2009

CFR Korea expert Scott A. Snyder says the visit to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton, which won the pardon of two U.S. journalists,...

Stalling Over Israeli Settlements

July 29, 2009

Expert David Makovsky says there are unnecessary U.S.-Israel tensions over Israeli settlement policy in the West Bank. The dispute is...

Raising Human Rights Concerns with N. Korea

July 23, 2009

Human rights in North Korea have been on the diplomatic back burner with Washington preoccupied over the nuclear question. Human rights...

Iran's Political Crisis Far From Over

Updated: July 22, 2009

A leading Iranian expert, Shaul Bakhash, says a speech by former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a call for a referendum by...

CFR Books and Reports

Gross or Net International Financial Flows

Karen H. Johnson

In this Center for Geoeconomic Studies Working Paper, Karen H. Johnson argues that gross financial flows, not net external imbalances,...

The Canadian Oil Sands

Michael A. Levi

Council Special Report No. 47

The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change...

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

Task Force Report No. 62

This report finds that nuclear weapons will remain a fundamental element of U.S. national security in the near term, and makes...

The Evolution and Future of Donor Assistance for HIV/AIDS

Kammerle Schneider and Laurie A. Garrett

This Working Paper, a contribution to the aids2031 project, focuses on the future of donor financing for HIV prevention and treatment...
Nuclear Nonproliferation
An in-depth look at multilateral responses to today’s pressing global challenges.
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Building a More Effective United Nations: Opportunities for the Obama Administration
In April, the IIGG cosponsored a meeting on UN reform at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Watch the video for the event here.

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Council on Foreign Relations Address by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

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A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Audio)

Audio

Listen to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she delivers an address on the major foreign policy challenges facing the United...

A Conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (Video)

Video

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a speech at CFR outlining the broad foreign policy objectives of the Obama...

Climate Change and American Foreign Policy: Security Challenges, Diplomatic Opportunities (Audio)

Audio

Listen to Senator John F. Kerry speak about global climate change, its implications for international security, and the diplomatic...

Resources

Foreign Affairs Articles

Reshaping the World Order

Stephen Brooks and William C. Wohlforth

Tomorrow's Institution Today

Amitai Etzioni

State Capitalism Comes of Age

Ian Bremmer

Backgrounders

Lessons in Universal Health Insurance Models

As the United States looks to reform its health care system and expand access to the uninsured, countries that have moved toward universal...

Reassessing the Jackson-Vanik Amendment

Experts say graduating Russia from Cold War-era legislation linked to emigration and trade would be a step toward warming relations with...

Must Reads

WSJ: Global Warming and the Poor

Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal says if global warming really is the catastrophe the alarmists claim, the least they can do for its...

Mint: Legalities of Climate Change

A recent climate change declaration poses significant challenges--and opportunities--for India.

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Global Governance Topics

Public Health

The International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific meets this week in Indonesia, which recently admitted it will not reach its own prevention targets.

Regionalism

At this year’s North American Leaders' Summit, topics like protectionism, narcotics, and the Honduran coup may drive the three parties further apart.

International Law

Sixty years ago, the Geneva Conventions formed the basis for international humanitarian law. But some experts question their current relevance.

Recent Research and Commentary

Nuclear Nonproliferation

An in-depth look at multilateral responses to today’s pressing global challenges.

IIGG Issue Areas

IIGG Meetings

IIGG COSPONSORSHIP

In April, the IIGG cosponsored a meeting on UN reform at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Watch the video for the event here.

Resources