Tamar Gutner

I'm looking forward to joining Alvaro Mendez and Gregory Chin to discuss the AIIB this April at the LSE.

Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

Looking forward to discussing the AIIB at AU's Washington College of Law.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

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US set to quit World Health Organization The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings it will hit both U.S. health and global health and also in violation of a U.S. law that requires W...

The US is due to officially exit the World Health Organization in the face of warnings that it will hit both US and global health, and in violation of a US law that requires Washington to pay the UN health agency $260 million in fees that it owes reut.rs/4a6aQPg

Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.

Important speech by Mark Carney at Davos worth reading in full. To respond to "a rupture in the world order" he lays out a vision of states pursuing "different coalitions for different issues." To me, this is a "go around" (the US) strategy; most states still care about multilateral cooperation.

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

Trump withdraws from dozens of international organizations, as "contrary to U.S. interests." 31 are UN-related. IFIs spared, at least for now.

The US will not be participating in the upcoming G20 summit and rejected its agenda of promoting solidarity. Argentina and Russia will also be no-shows. Will the G20 meeting be undermined, or able to achieve more agreement?

Congratulations!!!! I can't wait to read it!

US declines to sign World Bank directors' joint statement on climate agenda Nineteen of the World Bank's 25 executive directors issued a joint statement this week affirming their support for the bank's continued work on climate change, defying the U.S., the bank's largest shareholder, and several other countries.

The World Bank has some tricky navigating ahead at the Annual Meetings given so much support for the bank's continued work on climate change, along with US hostility.

The UN’s grim future Going rogue, decay or Trumpification

Thoughtful piece on uncertainty about the UN's future. Multiple scenarios possible.

IMF to Revamp Key Unit as US Objects to Climate, Gender Stance The International Monetary Fund plans to reorganize some divisions that deal with climate change and gender policies, according to people familiar with the matter, after the Trump administration criti...

The revamp will merge the divisions that work on climate and gender in SPR. This seems to be in response to US criticism of IMF's work on these issues. (Meanwhile, the head of SPR announced retirement yesterday).

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China's Xi seeks expanded role for Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Tianjin summit Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced plans to accelerate the creation of a development bank and set up an international energy cooperation platform.

apnews.com/article/chin... 
Xi seeks expanded role for Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Tianjin summit, inc a new development bank

Republicans seek to defund the OECD Move marks Trump administration’s latest effort to withdraw from international organisations

Republicans see to defund the OECD but it would require some support from Democrats. www.ft.com/content/e8e7...

AU Model UN Team Notches History-Making Four-Peat American University’s Model United Nations team has been ranked by Best Delegate as the number one team in North America for a history-making fourth year in a row.

I am so proud of our American University Model UN Team, which finished the season as the #1 ranked team in North America, and for the fourth straight year!! Congratulations!!

www.american.edu/sis/news/202...

Trump embraces NATO security alliance after years of attacks “It’s not a rip-off,” Trump said of NATO after its 32 nations agreed to more than double their defense spending targets, which has been a sore spot for the U.S. president.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It's an honor to receive the William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching. Congratulations also to my colleagues for their awards!

G20 is too elite. There’s a way to fix that though – economists The G20 has an important role to play in global affairs. But its lack of representation and informal way of working need to be fixed first.

Danny Bradlow and Robert Wade offer an idea to make the G20 a bit more inclusive.

theconversation.com/g20-is-too-e...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Trump administration says IMF and World Bank are falling short of their missions The treasury secretary said the Trump administration remains committed to playing a leadership role in the IMF and the World Bank but will “demand that the management and staff of these institutions b...

Bessent's thoughts on IMF and WB. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

👏 “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” wrote Garber.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee A draft global agreement sets a fee for cargo ships, which carry the vast majority of world trade, to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/c...

Some good news in global governance, and an example where countries came together after the US pulled out of talks.

This was an excellent research group led by @stephofmann.bsky.social. Glad to see our work finally published.

Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown About 130 employees of the Wilson Center were told they were being put on leave, just four days after workers for Elon Musk’s team entered the center.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

The penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands announce they are putting 30% tariffs on US goods.

Exclusive: US suspends financial contributions to WTO, trade sources say The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending.

Yet another step to undermine the WTO.

www.reuters.com/world/us-sus...

Thanks, Dale.

The Capitol rioter surveying international Geneva - Geneva Solutions Confidential documents reveal the political ideologies of those behind the controversial survey distributed to organisations in Geneva. Meanwhile, unease grows in Geneva, as the UN Refugee Agency cons...

"In an opinion piece that breaks with his usual measured response, Richard Gowan, director of UN affairs at the International Crisis Group in Manhattan, can hardly hide his alarm."
genevasolutions.news/global-news/...

I’m pleased to announce my book, The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: China’s Multilateral Experiment, has been published by Oxford University Press. The book offers a comprehensive explanation of the AIIB's birth, design, and performance. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

If US attempts World Bank retreat, the China-led AIIB could be poised to step in – and provide a model of global cooperation The AIIB is a paradox: an institution connected to the rules and norms of the liberal international order, but one created by an illiberal regime.

My new piece is out:
theconversation.com/if-us-attemp...