The future of multilateralism and global governance rest on the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the twin Sustaining Peace resolutions. However, there are great challenges to their implementation and progress is slow. Hard-earned development gains are lost in contexts increasingly characterized by fragility, conflict, and violence. … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear how important multilateral cooperation is in overcoming global challenges, such as this global health crisis. The COVID-19 crisis and its socioeconomic impact are likely to reinforce previous tendencies toward nationalism, protectionism, and increasing inequality, which make fruitful international cooperation even more difficult. The Group … Read more
This policy brief outlines how the unique characteristics of the Group of 20 (G20), namely its limited membership, informality, and economic orientation, can be leveraged to promote climate action. We identify four ways in which the G20 can support multilateral climate activities and specify gaps the G20 can uniquely fill … Read more
Recent disaffection with globalization threatens the post-war rules-based order sup porting global prosperity. To shift globalization such that it “leaves no one behind,” this policy brief recommends the establishment of a G20 Working Group on the Future of Multilateralism tasked with reforming the global governance architecture for the 21st century. … Read more
The erosion of global governance has accelerated in recent years in the face of rising global inequality. The current global governance system lacks legitimacy, popular accountability, and effectiveness, and struggles to deliver solutions to key global challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic may sharpen the already existing crisis of multilateralism, or it … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) must be governable and interoperable to ensure that it reduces existing inequalities without creating new divides. Building on the 2019 Group of Twenty (G20) Communiqué and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) guidelines, this policy brief presents a roadmap for the practical implementation of AI … Read more
This policy brief proposes the creation of a platform for cooperation among the Group of Twenty (G20) states’ sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). The platform should allow for multiple practices that include long-term cooperation, direct investments, and the formation of bilateral/trilateral/multilateral investment accords. Ultimately, it would encourage the G20 states to … Read more
This Policy Brief is offered to the Saudi T20 process, as a recommendation to the G20 in 2020. Challenge The coronavirus crisis may turn out to be a bump in the road for recent international dynamics. After a period of hibernation in the major global economies, perhaps life will … Read more
This Policy Brief is offered to the Saudi T20 process, as a recommendation to the G20 in 2020. To recouple the benefits of increased digital trade with human and societal well-being on a global level, countries must achieve a consensus on how to regulate data. Past international discussions have shown … Read more
This Policy Brief is offered to the Saudi T20 process, as a recommendation to the G20 in 2020. Since the end of WWII, multilateralism has been a pillar of global peace and prosperity. Recent disaffection with globalization and global governance threatens the rules-based order and makes it difficult to address … Read more
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