Institute for International Cooperation

NCSL examines the similarities and differences between elections in the U.S. and those being held in 76 other countries this year.

NATO Assistant Secretary General David Cattler joins NCSL’s International Network to provide a briefing on the organization’s strategic priorities in 2023 and the war in Ukraine.

Bertie Ahern, a former prime minister of Ireland, talks about the Good Friday Accords that he helped negotiate and that were signed 24 years ago. He talks about what today’s state legislators can learn from the challenges he and his negotiating partners faced.

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a “world changing” break with the international order, and states won’t be immune from the economic and humanitarian upheaval. That’s the word from three international policy experts who took part in an NCSL International Network webinar to provide an update on the war and how it could affect the states. 

The sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and NATO allies—and the threat of more—will likely have ramifications for some U.S. states in particular and for the economy in general, some economists say.

Highlights of the 2022 international election calendar. Review which countries will be holding national and subnational elections this year and consider which will make the largest impact on the global political landscape.