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Customary International Law: Can UN Guidelines Affect Domestic Laws?
Below is a guest post by Martin Willner, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. More often than not, when we think about customs and laws, we think of them...
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Obama and Syria: Insights from the President’s G20 Press Conference
In his revealing press conference closing out the G20 summit, President Obama provided the clearest summary yet of his thinking on Syria. Perhaps the most significant points were the following: *The...
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In Search of “the International Community”
“The international community” is among the most commonly invoked and most frequently vilified phrases in world politics. As Tod Lindberg points out in a new CFR working paper, “Making Sense of the...
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Spain’s Welcome Retreat on Universal Jurisdiction
Coauthored with Claire Schachter, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. By voting Tuesday to curb its judges’ authority to exercise universal jurisdiction,...
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The Global Response to Armed Conflict: From Aleppo to Kinshasa
As the civil war in Syria rages on, and the United States and its international partners appear unable to mobilize a collective response to stem the bloodshed, CFR’s International Institutions and...
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The Obama Administration Must Act Fast to Prevent the Internet’s Fragmentation
Here in Sydney, Australia, where I’m attending a conference of CFR’s Council of Councils—a global network of prominent think tanks—a dialogue about the future of Internet governance has highlighted...
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At Stake in Ukraine: The Future of World Order
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has aptly labeled Ukraine the “biggest crisis in Europe in the twenty-first century.” Indeed, he could have gone further. The Russian intervention will...
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Syria and the Global Humanitarian Crisis
Three years after the outbreak of war in Syria, the agony only deepens for its civilian population. The conflict has already killed 140,000, forced 9.5 million—44 percent of the nation’s prewar...
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Crimea: Stop Citing International Law and Start Condemning Russian Expansionism
Yesterday, Russian president Vladimir Putin pulled off a rigged referendum in which an overwhelming majority of Crimean voters chose union with the Russian Federation. But his victory is far from...
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Nuclear Security Summit 2014: How to Make Progress Even After Ukraine
Coauthored with Claire Schachter, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Today, fifty-three countries and four international organizations are gathered in...
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The Global Debate Over Illegal Drugs Heats Up
Having been frozen for four decades, a long-deferred debate over the “war on drugs” is finally heating up. Ever since the Nixon administration, the dominant paradigm informing U.S. and global policy...
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Brazil’s Internet Summit: Building Bridges to Avoid “Splinternet”
Coauthored with Claire Schachter, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Netizens of the world are in Sao Paulo this week for the Global Multistakeholder...
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Voting Against Accountability for Syria
Coauthored with Claire Schachter, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Today the UN Security Council voted on a French draft resolution referring the...
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Learning to Compartmentalize: How to Prevent Big Power Frictions from...
Coauthored by Stewart Patrick and Isabella Bennett, Assistant Director in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. The G7 is back. Today in Brussels, it meets for the first time...
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Airline Disasters Bring Obscure Global Organization to the Fore
Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. You might think twice about getting on a plane these days. The headlines are full of...
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Russia Assaults Ukraine—and the Liberal World Order
Accummulating reports that more than a thousand Russian troops are now engaged in combat in eastern Ukraine signals the definitive end of the “post-Cold War” world. That phrase, which framed a quarter...
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NATO: Suddenly Relevant, Deeply Divided
Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. When Western leaders gather for the NATO summit in Wales next week, they will be...
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ISIS and Foreign Fighters: Cutting off the Global Pipeline
Coauthored with Daniel Chardell, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. The videos depicting beheadings of Western civilians by the Islamic State of Iraq...
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More Treaty Gridlock: Another Impact of GOP Senate Takeover
The Republican takeover of the Senate reduces the chance that the United States will ratify any important multilateral treaties over the next two years. Facing a GOP-controlled legislature, President...
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The Arms Trade Treaty: Time to Celebrate?
Below is a guest post by Naomi Egel, research associate in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Though armed conflict endures, 2014 closes with a bit of good news: the Arms...
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