Tamar Gutner
@tgutner.bsky.social
Professor, American University School of International Service, scholar of global governance, IO performance, World Bank, IMF, AIIB. Former CFR Fellow.
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?
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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?
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.
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.
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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.
Thoughtful piece on uncertainty about the UN's future. Multiple scenarios possible.
The UN’s grim future
Going rogue, decay or Trumpification
www.economist.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thoughtful piece on uncertainty about the UN's future. Multiple scenarios possible.
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...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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...
www.bloomberg.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
apnews.com/article/chin...
Xi seeks expanded role for Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Tianjin summit, inc a new development bank
Xi seeks expanded role for Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Tianjin summit, inc a new development bank
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
September 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
apnews.com/article/chin...
Xi seeks expanded role for Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Tianjin summit, inc a new development bank
Xi seeks expanded role for Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Tianjin summit, inc a new development bank
Republicans see to defund the OECD but it would require some support from Democrats. www.ft.com/content/e8e7...
Republicans seek to defund the OECD
Move marks Trump administration’s latest effort to withdraw from international organisations
www.ft.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Republicans see to defund the OECD but it would require some support from Democrats. www.ft.com/content/e8e7...
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...
www.american.edu/sis/news/202...
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.
www.american.edu
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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...
www.american.edu/sis/news/202...
It's an honor to receive the William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching. Congratulations also to my colleagues for their awards!
May 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's an honor to receive the William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching. Congratulations also to my colleagues for their awards!
Danny Bradlow and Robert Wade offer an idea to make the G20 a bit more inclusive.
theconversation.com/g20-is-too-e...
theconversation.com/g20-is-too-e...
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.
theconversation.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Danny Bradlow and Robert Wade offer an idea to make the G20 a bit more inclusive.
theconversation.com/g20-is-too-e...
theconversation.com/g20-is-too-e...
Reposted by Tamar Gutner
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."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
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...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Bessent's thoughts on IMF and WB. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...
www.thecrimson.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
👏 “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...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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.
Some good news in global governance, and an example where countries came together after the US pulled out of talks.
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
April 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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.
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.
If you are interested in how the research programs on power transition, regime complexity & international order can speak to one another, then this forum could be of interest to you. Great contributions from Laura Gómez-Mera, @tgutner.bsky.social, Matias Margulis ..
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Introducing Organizational (Dis)Entanglements: How Scholarship on Regime Complexity and Power Dynamics Helps Make Sense of International Order-Making
Abstract. Scholars and pundits focusing on the changing international order and its possible fragmentation often pay little attention to the manifold relat
academic.oup.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This was an excellent research group led by @stephofmann.bsky.social. Glad to see our work finally published.
Reposted by Tamar Gutner
The penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands announce they are putting 30% tariffs on US goods.
April 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands announce they are putting 30% tariffs on US goods.
Reposted by Tamar Gutner
"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."
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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...
genevasolutions.news
March 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"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/...
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...
global.oup.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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...
My new piece is out:
theconversation.com/if-us-attemp...
theconversation.com/if-us-attemp...
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.
theconversation.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My new piece is out:
theconversation.com/if-us-attemp...
theconversation.com/if-us-attemp...
The votes in the General Assembly "on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, were an astounding reflection of the deepening split between the Trump administration and its major allies over support for Ukraine" and disapproval of Trump's unilateral outreach to Russia.
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
wapo.st
February 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The votes in the General Assembly "on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, were an astounding reflection of the deepening split between the Trump administration and its major allies over support for Ukraine" and disapproval of Trump's unilateral outreach to Russia.
A reduction in/loss of US participation in major MDBs would have enormous consequences for development lending and programs that have long benefited the US and the world.
www.omfif.org/2025/02/trum...
www.omfif.org/2025/02/trum...
Trump and the MDBs: a high-stakes game? - OMFIF
On 4 February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order for a review of all intergovernmental organisations in which the US is a member and to withdraw from some United Nations organisations.
www.omfif.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A reduction in/loss of US participation in major MDBs would have enormous consequences for development lending and programs that have long benefited the US and the world.
www.omfif.org/2025/02/trum...
www.omfif.org/2025/02/trum...
