Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The rules-based world order is under unprecedented strain, buffeted by geopolitical competition, populist nationalism, technological innovation, transnational threats, and a planetary ecological emergency. Carnegie’s Global Order and Institutions Program analyzes the shifting landscape of international cooperation and identifies promising new multilateral initiatives and institutions to advance a more peaceful, prosperous, just, and sustainable world.
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To illuminate the shifting diplomatic landscape, fifteen scholars from around the world address whether the UN Security Council can be reformed, and what potential routes might help realize this goal.
Despite complications, the long-debated agreement is grounds for celebration at an otherwise dismal moment in world politics.
Washington has four options for multilateralism: a charter, a club, a concert, or a coalition model. The task is choosing the right approach for the right situation.
National sovereignty is here to stay, but a new worldview grounded in ecological realism could help close the distance between the political and natural worlds.
In his speech to the General Assembly, the president must emphasize that an open world order grounded in global institutions is the only viable path for peace.
As policymakers look ahead, they must find a way to balance the need for inclusive resilience with the imperative for meaningful reform.
Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She writes on U.S. foreign policy, conflict, and democracy, and also co-directs Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance program.
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar is the tenth president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former justice of the Supreme Court of California, he served two U.S. presidents at the White House and in federal agencies, and was a faculty member at Stanford University for two decades.
Stewart Patrick is senior fellow and director of the Global Order and Institutions Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His primary areas of research focus are the shifting foundations of world order, the future of American internationalism, and the requirements for effective multilateral cooperation on transnational challenges.