Global Memos

Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of four leading global think tanks offer their perspectives on the regional and global impact of the United Kingdom’s January 31 departure from the European Union.

What are the prospects of democracy in 2020? Four Council of Councils experts discuss the most important risk, challenge, or opportunity they foresee for the coming year.

As the second decade of this century comes to a close, effective multilateral cooperation seems to be on the ropes. Six summits in 2020 will help determine whether a multilateral renaissance is possible. 

What can the world expect for the global economy in 2020? Four Council of Councils experts discuss the most important risk, challenge, or opportunity they foresee for the coming year.

Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of five leading global think tanks offer their perspectives on the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body losing its quorum this week, and where the WTO can go from here.

What can the world expect for climate change in 2020? Four Council of Councils experts discuss the most important risk, challenge, or opportunity they foresee for the coming year.

The world is suffering from a declining commitment to human rights. All those committed to human rights within and outside of government should work together to renew the narrative on why strong human rights policies will ensure a more secure world.

Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of five leading global think tanks sum up the outcomes of the G7 summit, held in Biarritz, France, from August 24 to 26.

With the 2019 European Parliament elections, the world was holding its breath to see if far-right iconoclasts would storm to new heights in Brussels. While the center has held, the centrist left/right duopoly experienced significant losses, and the far-right made gains overall. This reconfiguration could energize policy debate—or contribute to gridlock—in Europe’s only directly-elected democratic arena.

In a post–INF Treaty world, NATO can combine deterrence and arms control in different ways, but the trade-offs and difficulties in bridging the differences among allies will not be easy.