CIGI Worldwide

March 23, 2015

Top Story

Reforming the ethics of secret intelligence

Sir David Omand suggests applying the ethics of the "just war" tradition to secret intelligence practices globally, in a new publication released by the Global Commission on Internet Governance. Other recent Commission papers released address the dark Web and how to maintain Internet integrity.

Highlights

T20 kicks off in Turkey

In a new blog, "The Global Economy," CIGI's Domenico Lombardi and Samantha St. Amand discuss the value of the Think-20 for G20 discussions in 2015 and beyond.

Accountability is king

Transparify's global ranking of think tanks on financial transparency has CIGI topping the list. Fred Kuntz peels back the layers of the report and its significance at his blog, "Tank Treads."

CIGI Worldwide reimagined

The think tank's flagship newsletter has been redesigned with a new look as a free, mobile-friendly source for relevant and timely news on international affairs and governance issues, offering publications, videos and podcast updates.

Patrick Leblond joins CIGI's Global Economy program; Hugo Perezcano Díaz joins the International Law Research Program

CIGI welcomes two new senior fellows: Patrick Leblond will investigate global trade; Hugo Perezcano Díaz joins the international law research team.

Feature Publications

Canada's Coming Property Insurance Crisis

CIGI Policy Brief No. 57 by Jason Thistlethwaite (@jasonthistle)

Climate change will erode the conditions necessary for property insurance to remain available and affordable. Thistlethwaite describes the role of insurance in governing climate change and offers recommendations for sustaining and maximizing the insurance system and its benefits.

The Global Liquidity Safety Net: Institutional Cooperation on Precautionary Facilities and Central Bank Swaps

New Thinking and the New G20 Series Paper No. 5 by C. Randall Henning

The global financial safety net is incomplete with respect to liquidity provision available in a crisis. To reduce financial system fragmentation, Henning suggests that IMF surveillance and analytical capacity should be harnessed to the precautionary facilities of regional financial arrangements and swap agreements of key-currency central banks, and qualification for the IMF's Flexible Credit Line should be improved to allow for additional applications.

Recent Publications

Internationalization of the Renminbi: Developments, Problems and Influences

New Thinking and the New G20 Paper No. 2 by Ming Zhang

Understanding Digital Intelligence and the Norms that Might Govern It

GCIG Paper No. 8 by David Omand (@SirDavidOmand)

On the Nature of the Internet

GCIG Paper No. 7 by Leslie Daigle (@my1regret)

Emerging Countries and Basel III: Why Is Engagement Still Low?

New Thinking and the New G20 Paper No. 4 by Andrew Walter (@AndrewWalterUM)

Emerging Countries and Implementation: Brazil's Experience with Basel’s Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme

New Thinking and the New G20 Paper No. 3 by Fernanda Martins Bandeira

The Pursuit of Global Rule of Law for Sovereign Debt Restructuring

Commentary by Oonagh Fitzgerald (@oefitzgerald)

Procedural Governance of Field Experiments in Solar Radiation Management

IASS/CIGI Workshop Report by A. Neil Craik (@ancraik), Nigel Moore, Stefan Schäfer and Mark Lawrence

Upcoming Webcast

Big World, Small Planet: Abundance Within Planetary Boundaries

Signature Lecture by Johan Rockström (@jrockstrom)

Sustainability expert Johan Rockström will explore how we as a species have passed the tipping point of nature's ability to accommodate for the societal behaviours required to sustain the global economy.

Videos

Webcast: A Global Governance Puzzle – The Private Sector in Global Public Health

Signature Lecture by Jeffrey Sturchio (@JeffSturchio)

Jeffrey Sturchio tackles the role of the private sector and how it can most effectively engage with other partners to deliver improved health services around the world.

Podcast: Peaceland

Séverine Autesserre (@SeverineAR)

"Inside the Issues" host David Welch welcomes Columbia University’s Séverine Autesserre to discuss her new book Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention.