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Cristina Mamani walks near an unused boat in Lake Poopo, Bolivia's second largest lake which has dried up due to water diversion for regional irrigation needs and a warmer, drier climate, according to local residents and scientists on July 24, 2021.
Cristina Mamani walks near an unused boat in Lake Poopo, Bolivia's second largest lake which has dried up due to water diversion for regional irrigation needs and a warmer, drier climate, according to local residents and scientists on July 24, 2021. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
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The Crisis of the Century: How the United States Can Protect Climate Migrants

by Anya Howko-Johnson August 26, 2022

The disastrous effects of climate change could displace more than a billion people in the next thirty years. International and domestic legal systems cannot continue to let climate migrants slip through the cracks. Read More

Diplomacy and International Institutions
UN Representation in an Era of Revitalized Multilateralism
Competing UN credential submissions are not unprecedented. Many of the pressures and challenges of the modern era, however, are.
Blog Post by Ania Zolyniak October 6, 2021 The Internationalist
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Can an Earthquake at the World Bank Rattle the IMF, Too?
The Doing Business report scandal has shaken confidence in the World Bank. The scandal's implications, however, don't stop with the bank.
Blog Post by Tamar Gutner September 27, 2021 The Internationalist
United Nations General Assembly
Biden’s Forceful UN Address: Let’s Get to Work
U.S. President Joe Biden made his first address before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. His message, both to his domestic and foreign audiences, was clear: The United States is back and at the ready. 
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 21, 2021 International Institutions and Global Governance Program
  • United Nations
    Biden’s Tricky UN Message to a Troubled World
    Biden faces a dual challenge at the UN General Assembly. He must convince the world that the U.S. is committed to multilateralism while persuading the American public that the UN can be an indispensable institution.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 16, 2021 The Internationalist
  • 9/11
    An Alluring but Costly Distraction
    After 9/11, the United States' foreign policy and security apparatuses adopted a new threat perception, one focused on failed and fragile states. The result: two decades of costly distractions.
    Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick September 13, 2021 The Internationalist