Transnational Bodies

IMF Urges Policymakers to Introduce Measures to Counter Outbreak

March 11, 2020

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged policymakers across the globe to introduce targeted fiscal, monetary, and financial market measures aimed at helping businesses and households survive the coronavirus outbreak.
IMF Policy Paper Highlights Demographic Headwinds in Central and Eastern Europe

March 04, 2020

According to a July 2019 report of the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) highlighted in a post to the IMF’s Finance & Development blog, the populations of Central and Eastern European countries—with the exception of Turkey—are expected to decrease significantly over the next 30 years, driven by low or negative net birth rates and outward migration, changes that will have significant implications for growth, living standards and fiscal sustainability.
Cyber Norms Processess at a Crossroads

March 03, 2020

Writing at Lawfare, Hoffman, Hollis, and Ruhl explain how organic splintering and contestation among groups competing to develop cyber norms can yield considerable benefits, as each initiative engages different sets of stakeholders uniquely relevant in the cyber context but often overlooked in state-centric processes.
Schmitt: Critics Too Harshly Criticize State of Cyberspace Norming Process

March 03, 2020

Writing at Just Security, Michael Schmitt argues that discussions relating to the application of international law to cyberspace are alive and well in multinational, national, multi-stakeholder, academic, and private fora.
Vatican Backs AI Regulations

March 02, 2020

Vatican officials have developed voluntary guidelines relating to the development and use of artificial intelligence technology, with U.S. tech giants IBM and Microsoft among the first signatories.
U.S. Launches The First-Ever International Religious Freedom Alliance

February 19, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has launched the International Religious Freedom Alliance of countries seeking to reduce acts of violence based on religion or belief, assist the victims and survivors, prosecute the perpetrators, and protect the communities from re-occurrence of such acts.
EU and IMF Cooperate to Tackle Climate Change and Achieve Sustainable Development

January 29, 2020

The European Union and International Monetary Fund have concluded a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement designed to boost their cooperation to tackle key challenges including climate change, and help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
IMF Chief Warns That Inequality and Climate Crisis Portends Global Financial Disaster

January 22, 2020

According to International Monetary Fund Chief, Kristalina Georgieva, increasing inequality and the climate crisis are pushing the world towards another financial disaster.
OECD Recommends Greater Attention to Governance of Neurotechnology Abuses

January 15, 2020

Officially recognizing the risk posed by neurotechnological alternations that can be used to manipulate human behavior or attitudes, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has recommended that governments, companies, and researchers pay greater attention to the governance of the possible misuse of neurotechnology.
Lipton: IMF Plays Important Role in Promoting Global Strategy Relating to Cybersecurity Threats

January 15, 2020

Writing in the International Monetary Fund blog, David Lipton describes four areas where the international community should supplement national efforts to counter cybersecurity threats: greater understanding of the risks; improved collaboration; consistent regulation; and crisis preparation and response protocols.