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• 5: Publications
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    • 5.2.1: Transatlantic Community
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  • 5.3: Books by Streit Council Board Members
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  • 5.7: A Foreign Policy for the United States
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• 17: Blog

Global Governance

The Global Economy

The G8 and G20

International Security

Global Governance News

Global Governance Resources

As opportunities and threats increasingly manifest themselves at a transnational level, the need to strengthen global governance continues to grow. The potential benefits of deeper international economic integration - as well as the challenges posed by the financial crisis, demographic shifts, terrorism, rising powers, and climate change - are prompting new efforts to shape global frameworks. Decisions to strengthen the G-20, refocus the G-8, reform the IMF, extend NATO's functional and geographic reach, expand the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and combat climate change through the UN are only the most recent developments aimed at achieving this goal.

By serving as the foundation for broader and more inclusive cooperation among democracies over time, these countries have an opportunity to shape a more effective framework for global governance.