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Save to My Portfolio Managing Global Insecurity: A Plan for Action

Managing Global Insecurity, November 2008

American and global leaders face a choice: they can either use this moment to help shape an international, rule-based order that will protect their global interests, or resign themselves to an ad hoc international system where they are increasingly powerless to shape the course of international affairs. The longer the delay in new approaches and new cooperation against today’s threats, the more difficult the challenges will become. Global leaders must chart a shared path forward that marries power and responsibility to achieve together what cannot be achieved apart: peace and security in a transnational world. Read More

International Organizations, Transnational Security Threats, Force and Legitimacy, Diplomacy, International Relations

G-20 Summit


Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay - G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Berlin.

Save to My Portfolio What the G-20 Wants

Carlos Pascual and Thomas Wright, November 13, 2008

World leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. to respond to the international financial crisis. The Managing Global Insecurity project and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a special online forum of global perspectives on the summit. The result is an intriguing glimpse into pivotal issues that will continue to dominate discussions about the crisis. Read More

Global Economics, Global Finance, Global Governance, Financial Institutions, Financial Markets

past event


Reuters/Stoyan Nenov - Martti Ahtisaari speaks during a news conference before the start of the European Council on Foreign Relations meeting in Sofia November 19, 2007.

Save to My Portfolio Transatlantic Dialogue on Revitalizing the International Security System

Friday, September 26, 2008
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
New York, NY

On September 26-27, 2008 in New York City, the Managing Global Insecurity (MGI) Project, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the Brookings Institution Center on United States and Europe (CUSE) gathered representatives and experts from the United States and across Europe to discuss U.S. and European priorities for reform of the international security system. Read More

Transatlantic Relations, International Organizations, International Relations, Diplomacy, United Nations

past event


Marc Darchinger - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the Managing Global Insecurity event in Berlin, Germany

Save to My Portfolio International Cooperation for a Changed World

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Berlin, Germany

Heads of international organizations and foreign policy leaders from around the world met in Berlin, Germany on July 15 and 16 to discuss the future of international security and cooperation. Convened by Brookings’ Managing Global Insecurity Project (MGI) and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the event focused on the idea that all states, whatever their politics and interests, share duties to their citizens and each other in tackling common threats like terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and global climate change. Read More

Transnational Security Threats, International Organizations, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Global Governance

past event


Ralph Alswang - Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) speaks at a Brookings event

Save to My Portfolio U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2008 Presidential Campaign

Thursday, June 26, 2008
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Brookings's Opportunity 08 and Managing Global Insecurity projects hosted Senator Chuck Hagel for a discussion of U.S. foreign policy in the context of the 2008 presidential campaign. Senator Hagel examined the global challenges that the next president will inherit and the responsibilities of the presidential candidates to address these challenges. Read More

Transnational Security Threats, U.S. Politics, Terrorism, Iran, Iraq

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Save to My Portfolio Managing Global Insecurity Advisory Group Meeting: Ditchley Park, UK

Ashraf Ghani, Jeremy Greenstock, Ayo Obe, Sadako Ogata, Javier Solana, Abraham Sofaer, February 13, 2008

Managing Global Insecurity (MGI) Advisory Group members, together with experts and policy-makers from the United States and across Europe, discussed priorities, challenges and opportunities for a strengthened multilateral security system.

Past Event

Save to My Portfolio Project Launch

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

As Javier Solana explained at the launch of the Managing Global Insecurity (MGI) project, the world faces old and new security challenges that are more complex than our multilateral and national institutions are capable of managing. The MGI project aims to build consensus and generate political momentum to revitalize multilateral cooperation at a time when the absence of American leadership has left global security institutions chronically weak. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio The United Nations in Iraq

Carlos Pascual, September 2007

Carlos Pascual argues that a serious and calibrated United Nations role in Iraq is both justified and necessary, even if success cannot be guaranteed. "Iraq is not just an American problem - and there are no viable American unilateral solutions." Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio UN Transformation in an Era of Soft Balancing

Stephen J. Stedman, September 2007

From 2003 to 2006 Secretary General Kofi Annan pursued the most ambitious overhaul of the United Nations since its inception. This article is written from the perspective of the team working with Kofi Annan on the reform agenda and reflects on the issues faced and choices made. Read More

In Brief

The Brookings Institution, Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, and New York University’s Center on International Cooperation have established a joint project entitled Managing Global Insecurity (MGI). The goal of MGI is to provide recommendations and generate momentum for the next American President, the United Nations, and key international partners to launch a strategic effort to build the global partnerships and international institutions needed to meet 21st Century trans-border challenges and threats.  Read more.

Additional Research and Commentary

U.S. Politics Power and Responsibility

Global Economics What the G-20 Wants

Carlos Pascual, Thomas Wright, November 13, 2008

Transnational Security Threats U.S. Foreign Policy and the Presidential Campaign

The Honorable Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), June 26, 2008

Transnational Security Threats Managing Civil Violence & Regional Conflict

Managing Global Insecurity, May 2008

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