Leadership

EWI strives to bring to the forefront groups and ideas that are often left on the sidelines in global discussions on security. We have three initiatives to bring together groups and individuals who do similar work on local, national, or regional levels, and elevate their work to the global level.

Global Leadership Consortium

The Global Leadership Consortium is a network of many of the world’s leading think tanks working to create innovative and effective approaches to some of the world’s most urgent challenges.

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Faith and Diplomacy

EWI’s Faith and Diplomacy Initiative works to develop a comprehensive response to problems such as fundamentalism, extremism, and sectarian violence.

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Global Expectations: Can Obama Meet Them?

Commentary

Global Expectations: Can Obama Meet Them?

President-elect Barack Obama will face multiple challenges in the international arena, starting with the current economic crisis. EWI staff and partners reflect on the U.S. elections and the challenges ahead.

China, the U.S. and the U.N. Climate Change Talks

Commentary

China, the U.S. and the U.N. Climate Change Talks

In October 2009, EWI convened a roundtable discussion between the two biggest players in the climate change debate: the United States and China.

Climate Change and Recession: A Global Lens

Commentary

Climate Change and Recession: A Global Lens

The Global Leadership Consortium offers recommendations on confronting climate change, the financial crisis and their impact on global and regional security.

International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy

Publication

International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy

Preventive Diplomacy has become an imperative for the international community: prevention of conflicts, stability and peace is a moral imperative, an economic necessity, a humanitarian must, and a political obligation.

A Day in the Future - Accelerating Solutions to Security Threats

Publication

A Day in the Future - Accelerating Solutions to Security Threats

The hard reality of security is that we are witnessing the dawn of a dynamic, multi-threat environment that has never before existed. How can we prepare?

The Leader of the Future 2: Leadership Over Fear

Publication

The Leader of the Future 2: Leadership Over Fear

EWI Founder, President and CEO John Edwin Mroz explores the qualities of leadership in the context of an ever changing world.

Global Expectations: Can Obama Meet Them?

Commentary

Global Expectations: Can Obama Meet Them?

President-elect Barack Obama will face multiple challenges in the international arena, starting with the current economic crisis. EWI staff and partners reflect on the U.S. elections and the challenges ahead.

China, the U.S. and the U.N. Climate Change Talks

Commentary

China, the U.S. and the U.N. Climate Change Talks

In October 2009, EWI convened a roundtable discussion between the two biggest players in the climate change debate: the United States and China.

Climate Change and Recession: A Global Lens

Commentary

Climate Change and Recession: A Global Lens

The Global Leadership Consortium offers recommendations on confronting climate change, the financial crisis and their impact on global and regional security.

Forging a Global Leadership Consortium

Event Report

Forging a Global Leadership Consortium

Can the major global policy think-tanks of the world work together to address the challenges facing humanity? From July 14-17, the East West Institute convened more than a dozen thinktanks from Beijing to Brasilia to address this question.

Engaging Jordan and the Arab World

Event Report

Engaging Jordan and the Arab World

During his recent visit to Amman, Ambassador Ortwin Hennig met with political and business leaders to further the Institute's search for common ground between the Arab and Western worlds.