Managing Global Insecurity project launches “A Plan for Action" at the Freeman Spogli Institute’s Transitions 2009 Conference

On November 13, 2008, IPS Director Stephen Stedman, along with his Managing Global Insecurity (MGI) co-directors Bruce Jones and Carlos Pascual, launched “A Plan for Action: A New Era of International Cooperation for a Changed World – 2009, 2010, and Beyond” at Freeman Spogli Institute’s (FSI) 4th Annual International Conference.

The goal of MGI, a joint project undertaken by Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, the Brookings Institution, and New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, is to provide recommendations and generate political momentum for the incoming administration, the United Nations, as well as key international partners to launch a strategic endeavor to revitalize the multilateral security system in the next few years.

The Plan for Action was also presented at a high-profile event at the Brookings Institution featuring leaders such as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Brookings President Strobe Talbott. The Washington, D.C. launch took place on the heels of the G-20 emergency summit to discuss measures to deal with the global recession.