Morning multilateralism, Nov. 2

The veto on his mind: Ban Ki-moon stays mum on political prisoners during Beijing trip. Obama and Lee pledge to finalize U.S.-Korea free trade agreement in advance of G-20 summit. IMF expected to vote Friday on governance reform package. Speaking of emerging country investment in Africa, IMF chief warns of a "new form of colonialism." ...

By , a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.

The veto on his mind: Ban Ki-moon stays mum on political prisoners during Beijing trip.

The veto on his mind: Ban Ki-moon stays mum on political prisoners during Beijing trip.

Obama and Lee pledge to finalize U.S.-Korea free trade agreement in advance of G-20 summit.

IMF expected to vote Friday on governance reform package.

Speaking of emerging country investment in Africa, IMF chief warns of a "new form of colonialism."

How much will WTO accession actually help the Russian economy?

NATO’s secretary-general arrives in Moscow today for pre-Lisbon summit talks.

Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff may accompany Lula to the G-20 summit.

Eyes on EU accession, Serbia hunts for Ratko Mladic. Meanwhile, French courts are considering several Rwanda extraditions, including one to the International Criminal Court.

David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist

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