RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel Kaufmann, September 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution
While the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh was considered successful, Daniel Kaufmann discusses the need for greater emphasis on governance issues. He urges G-20 countries to address governance within their own borders before the group can effectively start to engage in concrete collective action for the public global good.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Colin I. Bradford, September 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Following the announcement from Pittsburgh that the G-20 Summit will “permanently replace” the G7, thus bringing countries such as Brazil, India and China into that global body, Colin Bradford reflects on the historic significance of this event and what it will mean for continued efforts of cooperation among the international community. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
T.P. Sreenivasan, July 16, 2009, Wall Street Journal Asia
T.P. Sreenivasan examines the U.S.-India relationship in the context of Secretary of State Clinton's trip to the country. Though he believes the Obama administration has set the right tone with India, Sreenivasan argues that troubles may arise on several policy fronts including nuclear technology and fighting terrorism. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Federiga Bindi, July 07, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Federiga Bindi explores topics of discussion in the lead-up to the G8 summit in Italy. Bindi points to high-level meetings prior to the summit as hopeful examples of participants speaking freely on issues of global concern like climate change and nuclear proliferation. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, July 05, 2009, The Daily Beast
As the United States launches a surge in Afghanistan and weariness grows among other nations, the Taliban and al-Qaeda smell victory in the second-longest war in American history. Bruce Riedel discusses what G8 leaders—and President Obama—must do at their summit this week to shift the momentum. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Federiga Bindi, July 03, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Federiga Binda believes the recent G8 foreign ministers meeting in Trieste has set the stage for pragmatic and operative discussions at the upcoming G8 summit. Bindi examines key issues of the debate including Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation and the future role of the European Union in global governance. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Domenico Lombardi, July 02, 2009, Newsdesk Communications Limited
Domenico Lombardi questions whether the G8 is leading the discussion on critical IMF governance reform and claims that the G20 may be better equipped to mobilize these issues. While the G8 may no longer be the guiding force behind the reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions, Lombardi states that it does provide an informal framework to discuss issues of common responsibility among its members. For instance, the G8 Summit should focus on the declining aid flows to poor countries and fulfilling its previous commitments to aid African growth. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mwangi S. Kimenyi, July 01, 2009, The Brookings Institution
African development has been a top agenda item at previous G8 Summits, including the creation of the Africa Action Plan and increased financial commitments to support economic growth. Although the continent has seen some progress, Mwangi Kimenyi argues that more should be done and provides specific strategies for more effective development. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David Gartner, July 01, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In 2000, leaders from the G8 Summit pledged to achieve universal basic education by 2015. Despite their commitments, donor assistance is declining and investments in education for the developing world are being cut, states David Gartner. He urges the G8 to make good on their promise and proposes President Obama to seize the moment of opportunity with a bold investment in education. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Jones, June 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As the G8 summit nears, Bruce Jones highlights the problems involved in holding international decision-making meetings with just a handful of countries in an increasingly interconnected world. Jones argues that it is time to get serious about new modes of cooperation that gives a stronger voice to rising powers such as India and China. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Charles K. Ebinger, June 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Major topics of discussion at the upcoming G8 summit will be energy and climate change policy. Charles Ebinger assesses where the United States currently stands on the issues and outlines what needs to be done to formulate sound policy for the future. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, June 24, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As G8 foreign ministers meet in Italy prior to the G8 summit in July, Bruce Riedel comments on an interview in which an al Qaeda operative predicts the group will take over Afghanistan and Pakistan then use Pakistan's nuclear weapons against the United States. Riedel says the foreign ministers need to be clear and unequivocal that they will provide the resources needed to defeat al Qaeda and the Taliban to lessen the chance of a nuclear Armageddon. Read More
PAST EVENT
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Rome, Italy
On June 21 and 22, the Italian Foreign Ministry held a conference in partnership with the Brookings Institution, Aspen Italia, Club de Madrid, Link Campus University – Sage, and Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet – Fondazione Economia Tor Vergata. The goal of the conference was two-fold: to generate ideas that transcend the tyranny of the urgent and could help inform preparations for the Italy-hosted G8 Summit in July 2009; and to generate debate and discussion on longer-term efforts to reform the international system. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lex Rieffel, March 27, 2009, The Globalist
In the final part of his series in The Globalist, Lex Rieffel sees 2010 as an exceptional opportunity for change which could result in the creation of a combined G-8/G-20 Summit in mid-2011. With Barack Obama still in his first term, he predicts major shifts in membership that will better reflect the new global power structure. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Lex Rieffel, March 26, 2009, The Globalist
As more nations are included in the G-8 process, many are questioning what the future of the forum may be. In the third part of his series in The Globalist, Lex Rieffel looks towards the changing dynamics of Italy’s July Summit — and what lies beyond for Great Britain and the Obama Administration. Read More