Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Recent years have seen novel experiments in international cooperation that go far beyond the United Nations system. These range from flexible, informal coalitions to multistakeholder arrangements to transnational networks of cities and states/provinces. We will examine the trade-offs these various institutional arrangements pose for global problem solving.
Please join us for a conversation with Michèle Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, and Sarah Yager, Washington Director at Human Rights Watch. Carnegie Senior Fellow Stewart Patrick, Director of the Global Order and Institutions Program, will moderate the discussion.
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