Powers and Principles: International Leadership in a Shrinking World
The aim of the Stanley Foundation’s project on Powers and Principles: International Leadership in a Shrinking World is to identify plausible actions and trends for the next ten years by which the international community could become more unified. The foundation asked contributing authors to describe the paths by which nine powerful nations, a regional union of 27 states, and a multinational corporation could all emerge as constructive stakeholders in a strengthened rules-based international order. For each case, the writers discuss how their given country might deal with the internal and external challenges posed by international norms for the global economy, domestic governance and society, and global and regional security.
Project participants are listed below, with their subject focus, in the order in which their essays will be published. To provide a perspective from inside, and a counterweight, a commentator from the country (or other actor) has been enlisted to give a reaction to the coauthors’ essay. Author affiliations are for identification only, and views expressed in the essays and comments are personal and not on behalf of the institutions for which they work.
India: The Ultimate Test of Free-Market Democracy
Barbara Crossette, Former Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Commentator: C. Raja Mohan, Professor of South Asian Studies, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore Rue de la Loi: The Global Ambition of the European Project Ronald D. Asmus, Executive Director, Transatlantic Center, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Tod Lindberg, Editor, Policy Review, Hoover Institution, StanfordUniversity Commentator:Robert Cooper, Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs of the European Union
Brazil's Candidacy for Major Power Status Miguel Diaz, Former Director, South America Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies Paulo Roberto de Almeida, Professor of Political Economy, Centro Universitário de Brasília Commentator:Georges D. Landau, Senior Counselor, Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), Rio de Janeiro
Russia's Place in an Unsettled Order— Calculations in the Kremlin Andrew C. Kuchins, Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Commentator:Dmitri Trenin, Deputy Director, CarnegieMoscowCenter
South Africa: From Beacon of Hope to Rogue Democracy? Pauline Baker, President, The Fund for Peace Princeton Lyman, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Commentator: Khehla Shubane, Director, RMB Holdings
Laggards on Responsibility: The Oil Majors Susan Aaronson, Associate Research Professor, ElliotSchool, The GeorgeWashingtonUniversity David Deese, Associate Professor, BostonCollege Commentator: Edward Chow, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Refashioning Iran's International Role Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, SabanCenter for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Commentator:Omid Memarian, Inter Press Service
Turkey's Identity and Strategy- A Game of Three-Dimensional Chess Zeyno Baran, Director, Center for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute Ian Lesser, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Commentator: Huseyin Bagci, Professor of International Relations, Middle EastTechnicalUniversity
Japan: Leading or Losing the Way Toward Responsible Stakeholdership? Steve Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation Weston Konishi, Hitachi International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Commentator: Masaru Tamamoto, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute
(View a C-Span discussion featuring Clemons, Konishi, and David Shorr.)
Highlights
50th Strategy for Peace Conference
This year's event focused on the challenges of state fragility for US and global security in an interdependent world. The need for a new US strategy, better leveraging of multilateral capabilities, and the potential contributions of AFRICOM are among the topics addressed. Read the full report.
Implementing the Responsibility to Protect
The Stanley Foundation recently convened a meeting to examine practical steps toward the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the opening dinner of the conference. Read the Policy Memo.
Policy Analysis
Kenneth Luongo examines the international cooperation needed to secure vulnerable nuclear materials. Richard Williamson discusses Sudan and its implications for the Responsibility to Protect. And Ronald Neumann revisits the basics in Afghanistan policy. See all Policy Analysis Briefs.
Implementing UNSCR 1540
The Stanley Foundation convened two recent meetings in Washington, DC to discuss next steps in using United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 to control the materials needed for weapons of mass destruction and to prevent terrorism. Read the Policy Memo. More details on UNSCR 1540 here.
Five Ways Obama Can Secure Nuclear Material
The Fissile Materials Working Group, a group of 23 NGO experts, has made a series of policy recommendations in a letter to President Obama. This working group believes in the administration’s four-year policy objective and will work to see that it is achieved in the US and internationally. More.
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