UPCOMING EVENT
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Washington, DC
On February 17, Brookings will host a discussion on the future of Haiti, focusing on critical issues of governance and independence. Following last month's historic earthquake, Haiti remains in a state of physical and political devastation. With Haiti's government and infrastructure in a severely weakened state, many in the international community are debating how best to support the Haitian government and people at this time.
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UPCOMING EVENT
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Washington, DC
On February 16, the Managing Global Insecurity project and The Carter Center will host a conversation on U.S. leadership at the Council, as it approaches its five-year review. A panel of human rights experts will discuss how the United States and other leading member states can help improve the Council’s ability to promote and protect human rights around the world and how they should best approach the Council’s five-year review.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alex Evans, Bruce Jones and David Steven, January 26, 2010, The Brookings Institution
While global security threats have changed and multiplied dramatically since the fall of the Berlin Wall, international mechanisms for preventing and responding to these threats have lagged far behind. Alex Evans, Bruce Jones and David Steven explore the current trends in challenges to global security and stability, and suggest a new international framework for coping with the new set of global dynamics. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Raj M. Desai and James Raymond Vreeland, January 26, 2010, The Brookings Institution
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, global cooperation is at the top of the agenda. As the governance of international organizations is at odds with the global distribution of economic power, this goal for Davos could prove difficult. Brookings expert Raj Desai and Georgetown University Professor James Raymond Vreeland discuss global governance issues among economic institutions and urge that regional organizations might be the best path for economic governance. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow Daniel Kaufmann challenges the orthodoxy on the rule of law by reflecting on three distinct circumstances that converge on a common development theme: billions of dollars of ineffective donor aid. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow Daniel Kaufmann confronts the orthodoxy on the rule of law by reflecting on three distinct circumstances that converge on a common development theme: billions of dollars of ineffective donor aid. He also stresses the need to learn from the lessons of past donor aid missteps in the now-devastated-Haiti. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Walter Kälin, Rhodri C. Williams, Khalid Koser and Andrew Solomon, January 19, 2010, The American Society of International Law and the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
The Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of IDPs has urged governments to adopt laws or policies to address internal displacement, as they hold the primary responsibility for protecting the rights of the displaced. The studies in this book analyze the key issues and challenges to developing laws and policies on internal displacement. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, January 19, 2010, The Brookings Institution
The immediate emergency rescue and relief needs due to the devestating earthquake in Haiti are clear. Less apparent is the role of the international community in reconstruction and development in the short-to-medium term. Daniel Kaufmann examines Haiti's underdevelopment before the earthquake and discusses the involvement needed for an effective recovery and reconstruction effort. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kemal Derviş and Eswar Prasad, January 14, 2010, The Brookings Institution
In this installment of the Status Report, a series of policy assessments of the Obama administration's first year, Kemal Derviş and Eswar Prasad give President Obama a B+ for what the new administration accomplished on economic policy during the global financial crisis, but temper the high grade with an incomplete for the big tasks that lie ahead. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Paul Blustein, January 13, 2010, Foreign Policy Magazine
After eight painful years of standstill and failure, the Doha talks might collapse once and for all in 2010. Paul Blustein discusses the critical link between the World Trade Organization and Doha, and how this collapse could mark the death of the global trade system as we know it. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, January 07, 2010, The Brookings Institution
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has just instituted a nationality-based criterion under which travelers from a list of 14 countries are subject to special airport screening procedures. Daniel Kaufmann discusses the governance realities of these countries and recommends a more effective multi-pronged strategy for travel screening. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, December 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution
During the recent U.N. conference in Copenhagen, the United States and other participating countries narrowly avoided a complete breakdown in climate change talks. One of the larger hurdles was China's opposition to monitoring emission reductions. Ken Lieberthal contends that China's approach to the Copenhagen negotiations highlights the country's need to evolve further as a responsible player on global issues such as climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Arvind Panagariya, December 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As a rapidly growing economy with a large population, India has a significant role to play on the global climate change scene. Arvind Panagariya discusses India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's involvement at the Copenhagen climate change conference and his succeses and failures. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alex Evans and David Steven, December 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Given that the U.N. climate change conference failed to produce a strong agreement, Alex Evans and David Steven warn that world leaders now need to act boldly or risk complete failure in the climate negotiation process. To that end, the authors lay out a 12-point action plan to address the issue of climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, December 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The Copenhagen climate change conference did produce an agreement, but one that likely left many disappointed. Nathan Hultman discusses the small victories and how the agreement signals a new period of engagement by the key countries and provides a small boost for the climate legislation. Read More