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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. Today, the Managing Global Insecurity Project—a joint effort among Brookings, Stanford University and New York University—releases a comprehensive set of foreign policy recommendations for the next U.S. president and other world leaders to address the most critical challenges facing the world today. 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


Paul Morigi - France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner addresses a Brookings audience.

Save to My Portfolio U.S.-Europe Relations: An Address by Bernard Kouchner

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
10:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Washington, DC

The Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner for an address on renewing transatlantic cooperation with the incoming Obama administration. With France currently holding the rotating presidency of the 27-member European Council, Kouchner focused his remarks on new priorities and approaches for U.S.–European relations. Read More

Europe, European Union, France, Transatlantic Relations

SPOTLIGHT: Turkey


Reuters/Umit Bektas - People wave Turkish national flags as they visit the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Save to My Portfolio President-elect Obama and Turkey

Mark R. Parris, Autumn 2008

Mark Parris notes that a major foreign policy issue for President-elect Barack Obama to address will be repairing the U.S.-Turkish relationship. Parris outlines six key steps that he believes Obama should move quickly on to ensure a well developed Turkey agenda moving forward. Read More

Turkey, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Middle East, Europe

SPOTLIGHT: Defense Budget


Reuters/Molly Riley - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) speaks during a news conference with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen at the Pentagon.

Save to My Portfolio The 4 Percent Defense Spending Chimera

Michael E. O'Hanlon, November 11, 2008

As U.S. armed forces continue their heroic operations around the globe, worries have intensified about sustaining adequate defense funding in the future. Michael O'Hanlon agues that a 4 percent gross domestic product floor for defense spending is unnecessary, because needs will fluctuate and there should not be a law preventing lower spending in the future if the geopolitical environment allows. Read More

Defense Budget, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, U.S. Military, Congressional Oversight

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Save to My Portfolio Foreign Policy Challenges for Barack Obama

While the outcome of the U.S. presidential election was largely shaped by the U.S. and global financial crisis, Brookings Visiting Fellow Michael Fullilove discusses several urgent foreign policy matters facing President-elect Barack Obama. Watch

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio U.S. Elections and Iran

Suzanne Maloney, November 03, 2008

Suzanne Maloney writes that Iran will loom large on the agenda of the next American president. Maloney believes Barack Obama's willingness to talk to Tehran represents a promising start, and that history suggests engagement is appropriate, but also notes Tehran will need to demonstrate it is prepared to rejoin the international community. Read More

Past Event

Save to My Portfolio The Next U.S. President and the Middle East?

Wednesday, October 15, 2008
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM

On October 15, 2008, the Brookings Doha Center, a Project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, hosted Ambassador Martin Indyk, Director of the Saban Center, for its first policy discussion of the post-Ramadan season. The policy discussion entitled covered some of the most important challenges and responsibilities facing the next administration with regard to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Read More

Past Event

Save to My Portfolio Global Governance Issues and Their Role in U.S. Foreign Policy

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Beijing, China

On October 22, Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Foreign Policy at Brookings discussed issues of global governance, geopolitics, democratization of foreign policy and human rights at the Brookings-Tsinghua Center in Beijing. Read More

Recent Research and Commentary

Lebanon Al-Qa`ida’s Presence and Influence in Lebanon

Bilal Y. Saab, November 2008

China China's "New" Energy Administration

Erica S. Downs, November-December 2008

Syria Syria Seeks Change: On Its Own Terms

Bilal Y. Saab, November 17, 2008

Global Governance Assessing the Key Outcomes of the G-20 Summit

Mauricio Cárdenas, November 17, 2008

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Q&A with Michael Fullilove

Foreign Policy Challenges for Barack Obama

While the outcome of the U.S. presidential election was largely shaped by the U.S. and global financial crisis, Brookings Visiting Fellow Michael Fullilove discusses several urgent foreign policy matters facing President-elect Barack Obama.

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Spotlight

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertHugh B. Price

Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.

ExpertMauricio Cárdenas

Mauricio Cárdenas is a senior fellow and director of the Latin American Initiative. Formerly minister of Economic Development and Transportation, and director of National Planning of Colombia, his research focuses on international and development economics. He is also the president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA).

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.

Research ProjectThe Hamilton Project

The Hamilton Project produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans. Their agenda also focuses on enhancing individual economic security and effective public investments. 

ExpertJulia B. Isaacs

Julia Isaacs focuses on public investments in children and how children are affected by national budgetary policies. A former federal budget analyst, she also researches the economic mobility of children and families across the income spectrum.

ExpertDarrell M. West

Darrell M. West is the vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings. His studies include campaigns and elections, political advertising, mass media, public opinion, technology policy and electronic government.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertMark B. McClellan

A medical doctor and economist, Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

ExpertCarlos Pascual

Carlos Pascual is a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. As vice president and director of Foreign Policy, he focuses on post-conflict stabilization and international security policy.

ExpertRebecca Blank

Rebecca Blank is an expert on the interaction between the macroeconomy, government anti-poverty programs, and the behavior and well being of low-income families. She has just been named the Robert S. Kerr senior fellow at Brookings.

TOPICThe Presidential Transition

During the 77 days from the election to the Inauguration, Brookings experts will offer 12 "Memos to the President" on top policy priorities across the spectrum of domestic and global challenges, plus additional advice on transitioning from campaigning to governing.

ExpertDouglas W. Elmendorf

Doug Elmendorf, whose government posts have included the Federal Reserve, Treasury, Council of Economic Advisors, and CBO, focuses his research on macroeconomics and fiscal policy. He is co-editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity and director of The Hamilton Project, which develops proposals for shared growth.

ExpertEswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.