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These briefs are a feature of the Council of Councils initiative, gathering opinions from global experts on major international developments.
Global leaders have called for a greater commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, but in order to achieve them, reforms should be made to support enhanced global coordination. Any actions should aim toward increasing WHO financing, promoting systematic dialogue, and creating binding frameworks to collectively mitigate global health issues.
Global leaders have called for a greater commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, but in order to achieve them, reforms should be made to support enhanced global coordination. Any actions should aim toward increasing WHO financing, promoting systematic dialogue, and creating binding frameworks to collectively mitigate global health issues.
The G7 summit agenda would be ambitious even under normal conditions, and the circumstances surrounding the Charlevoix summit are far from normal. With a trade war brewing between the United States and other G7 members, the summit faces steep obstacles to success.
The G7 summit agenda would be ambitious even under normal conditions, and the circumstances surrounding the Charlevoix summit are far from normal. With a trade war brewing between the United States and other G7 members, the summit faces steep obstacles to success.
The profoundly uninspiring 2018 Summit of the Americas should be seen as a wasted opportunity of epic proportions. More sophisticated regional cooperation in the realms of migration, surging violence and crime, drug trafficking, and democracy is crucial to help nations across the Western Hemisphere overcome the many domestic challenges they face.
The profoundly uninspiring 2018 Summit of the Americas should be seen as a wasted opportunity of epic proportions. More sophisticated regional cooperation in the realms of migration, surging violence and crime, drug trafficking, and democracy is crucial to help nations across the Western Hemisphere overcome the many domestic challenges they face.
The Asia-Pacific response to Trump’s protectionist policies could drastically change the shape of the regional trade architecture.
The Asia-Pacific response to Trump’s protectionist policies could drastically change the shape of the regional trade architecture.
The Global Compact for Migration is hampered by an absence of leadership within the UN system and increasing polarization and nationalism around the world. Political buy-in, support, and a positive disposition among negotiating UN members are essential if the compact is to become a sustainable blueprint for migration.
The Global Compact for Migration is hampered by an absence of leadership within the UN system and increasing polarization and nationalism around the world. Political buy-in, support, and a positive disposition among negotiating UN members are essential if the compact is to become a sustainable blueprint for migration.
The Paris Agreement on climate will survive without the United States, but hitting its milestones over the next few years will likely be more difficult.
The Paris Agreement on climate will survive without the United States, but hitting its milestones over the next few years will likely be more difficult.
This year’s G20 summit, in Buenos Aires, will be an important opportunity for Argentina to embody a more egalitarian view of development and show itself as a modern developing country eager to work with the rest of the world to tackle global governance challenges. Argentina's G20 plan of action should also include policies that increase protection for workers confronted by a disruptive and rapid phenomenon: the “fourth industrial revolution.”
This year’s G20 summit, in Buenos Aires, will be an important opportunity for Argentina to embody a more egalitarian view of development and show itself as a modern developing country eager to work with the rest of the world to tackle global governance challenges. Argentina's G20 plan of action should also include policies that increase protection for workers confronted by a disruptive and rapid phenomenon: the “fourth industrial revolution.”
While Israel has largely abstained from direct involvement in the Syrian civil war, it has a vested interest in the conflict’s outcome and should support a resolution to the conflict that reflects both its humanitarian concerns and national security interests: ending the carnage and limiting the threat posed by the Iran-led axis.
While Israel has largely abstained from direct involvement in the Syrian civil war, it has a vested interest in the conflict’s outcome and should support a resolution to the conflict that reflects both its humanitarian concerns and national security interests: ending the carnage and limiting the threat posed by the Iran-led axis.
Council of Councils members offer their perspectives on the upcoming G20 leaders summit, which will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7–8.
Council of Councils members offer their perspectives on the upcoming G20 leaders summit, which will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7–8.
