Alternative Summits, Alternative Perspectives: Special issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal on the 2008 Hokkaido Summit, edited by Philip Seaton
For such a time as this: John Kirton gives public talk and live webcast at Victoria University at 7pm in Toronto, November 18
The G20 Leaders Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, edited by John Kirton
John Kirton's prospects for the November 14-15 leaders summit
John Kirton's performance assessment of the G20 finance meeting, November 9, 2008
For the latest on the G20 finance and leaders meetings, see the G20 Information Centre
Dai Xianglong, former Chinese central banker, reflects on the G20's tenth anniversary, in English and Chinese
John Kirton: Prospects for the G20 finance Sao Paulo meeting, November 8-9, 2008
Growth, Innovation, Inclusion: The G20 at 10, edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch
Ivan Savic: Coping with Today's Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Past
G20 analysis: Performance assessments and international financial institution governance
John Kirton: A Summit of Substantial Success: The Performance of the 2008 G8 (Updated August 18, 2008)
Pamela Jordan in Open Democracy: Expel Russia from the G8?
David Welch: Canada Has a Chance to Remake World Summitry, Toronto Star, July 18, 2008
G8 Research Group LSE/Oxford releases Final Compliance Report on Climate Change for the G8 and Outreach Five, updated July 20
Chiara Oldani: Ecco l'ultimo G8 della storia, in Economy
John Kirton's grades for the Hokkaido summit
John Kirton's performance assessments on climate change and the host's performance
2008 Hokkaido performance assessment reports on issues and countries released
Hugo Dobson: Where Are the Women at the G8?, updated July 9, 2008
Plans and preparations for 2008 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (as of July 6/08)
Factsheet: G8 Capabilities: Are They in Decline?
CIGI's Andrew F. Cooper, Gregory Chin and Andrew Schrumm: Blog on the 2008 G8 Summit
John Kirton: The Case for G8 Reform (Updated June 29, 2008)
G8 Research Group and UNU University conference with live webcast: Global Development Challenges, Desired G8 Responses, July 1, Tokyo
John Kirton: Enlarged Directorates as Effective Global Governance for All"
Interview with John Kirton in the Asahi Shimbun: "Is the G8 effective for solving global crises?"
Final Compliance reports: G8 Heiligendamm and Outreach Five
Karsten Wenzlaff: Membership of Key Economies in International Organisations and G8 Action Plan on Local Currency Bond Markets - Overview
G8: Hokkaido Toyako Summit 2008 from Newsdesk Media and Agora Publications
G8 Research Group and Keio University conference: G8 and Global Security Governance, July 2, Tokyo
G8 Research Group and Centre for International Public Policy Studies: Global Challenges, Global Environment, G8 Innovations, July 3, Tokyo
G8 Compliance with Health Commitments, 1975-2007
Draft Final Outreach Five Compliance Report
Nuclear Energy in G8 Communiqués, 1975-2007
Climate Change in G8 Communiqués, 1975-2007, updated June 5/08
G8 Compliance with Climate Change Commitments, updated June 5, 2008
John Kirton: Prospects for the 2008 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit: Key Messages for the Future of Summitry
Food and agriculture in G8 Communiqués, 1975-2007
Updated G20 bibliography
G8 outreach webcast with Canadian sherpa Len Edwards: May 2 at 14h30 EST
Check out G8 Live for news and information
United Nations University holds G8-related events in Tokyo
G8 Research Group releases interim compliance report on the Heiligendamm Summit
G8 Research Group Oxford releases interim compliance report on the G8 and climate change
G8 Research Group to release interim compliance report on February 27: News release
G8 exhibit opens at the Graham Library at Trinity College
Canadian Council of Churches holds G8 information sessions in Winnipeg and Halifax with John Kirton as speaker
2008 Catherwood address by Derek Burney: "Reflections on Summitry"
Sven Biscop on the EU and the European Security Strategy: Forging a Global Europe, Toronto, February 4, 2008
Amandine Scherrer on the G8 and Transnational Organized Crime, Toronto, January 21, 2008
Heiligendamm archives available in online finding aid
John Kirton and Jenilee Guebert: G8's Record on Climate Change Compliance
Peter Hajnal: Can Civil Society Influence G8 Accountability?
Two papers on the G8 and the L20 by Dries Lesage
Apply to join the G8 Research Group Oxford
Katharina Gnath on Heiligendamm and Outreach
John Kirton: "Two Solitudes, One War: Public Opinion, National Unity and Canada's War in Afghanistan"
The Choreography of Resistance: Civil Society Action at the 2007 G8 Summit, by Joanna Dafoe and Miranda Lin
Reading lists and syllabi for courses taught by John Kirton for 2007/08
Catch up with the Catherwood scholars to see where they are now
Heiligendamm Performance Assessments by country and by issue
Interview with Jürgen Maier of the German NGO Forum Environment and Development
John Kirton: G8: An Economic Forum of the Enlarged Western Alliance? The Record from Rambouillet 1975 through Heiligendamm 2007 to Canada 2010
Outreach Five Country Assessment Report
Geoffrey Underhill: Global Financial Architecture, Legitimacy and Representation: Voice for Emerging Markets
The G8 and Africa: G8 Compliance to Africa Commitments and Civil Society Involvement since 2005
John Kirton in Atlantic Community: "Blair's Farewell Breathes New Life into G8". Also available in Russian
G8 Summit 2007: Growth and Responsibility, from Agora Publications and NewDesk Communications
From the Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit: The G8 Presidency and Civil Society
Country Objectives and Data Reports
From St. Petersburg to Heiligendamm: The Continued Involvment of the "Outreach Five"
Final Compliance Report now available; summary available in German
Pre-summit academic conference papers: Brussels and Berlin; webcast of conference and compliance report
Berend Diekmann: Growth and Responsibility: Leitmotif for Germany's G8 Presidency
John Kirton: "The Bottom Line: Has the G8 Met Its Goals?" "The G8's Energy-Climate Change Connection" "Ausblick auf den 2007 G8 Gipfel in Heiligendamm"
Louise Fréchette: "International Governance, the G8 and Globalization"
Robert Fauver: " Globalization, Security and the Legitimacy of the G8"
Dates announced for 2008 Hokkaido Summit
Prospective agenda for Hokkaido 2008 (Updated April 30/07)
Japan announces Hokkaido will host in 2008
G8 Research Group - Oxford University team members
Prospective agendas for finance ministers and foreign ministers (Updated May 16/07)
Information on Pre-Summit Academic Conferences
Prospective agenda for Heiligendamm 2007 (Updated May 25/07)
John Kirton: Keeping Russia Connected to the G8 Club
Webcast of G8 outreach session with Canadian sherpa and APR, April 19
Peter Hajnal: CIGI Working Paper on "Summitry from G5 to L20"
Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit's Research Program
St. Petersburg Interim Compliance Report now available
St. Petersburg documents now available in finding aid
Prospective Agenda for February 9-10 Finance Ministers
Conference: From St. Petersburg to Heiligendamm: Legacy, Learning, and Looking Ahead to the 2007 G8 Summit, February 8, 2007, Toronto
John Kirton: The Rule of Law from the Gray Lecture to Global Leadership
Agora Publications announces 2007 Heiligendamm Summit publication
Peter Hajnal: The 2006 St. Petersburg Summit and Civil Society, Civil G8 Forum, December 2, 2006, Moscow
John Kirton: Harper's Foreign Policy Success? (Address to the CIIA) and The Harper Years (Lecture 12b)
African Youth Foundation releases Africa's New Journey: Can the Youth Claim NEPAD's Promise?
oronto and Moscow G8 Research Group analysts and team members
John Kirton: Canada Shows Its Strength, Toronto Star, October 31, 2006
John Kirton: A Player Again, Globe and Mail, October 5, 2006
Prospective agenda for finance ministerial meeting
Assessment Scores and Reports now available
New and updated factsheets: on on-site bilateral meetings and accredited media
Compliance Coding Manual now available
John Kirton's "The Group of Eight" in Canadian Foreign Policy in a Changing World
Political-Security Commitments, 1975-2006
Full text of all G8 commitments since 1975 and G20 commitments since 1999
John Kirton: A Summit of Significant Success
John Kirton: Deepening Russia's Democracy
John Kirton: Updated Prospects for the St. Petersburg Summit
St Petersburg schedule of meetings and documents
G8 Member States and 2006 St Petersburg Priorities on energy security, health and education
From Gleneagles to St Petersburg: Expanded dialogue report on the G5
State University Higher School of Economics G8 Research Team releases Russian compliance report
Final Compliance Report on Gleneagles
Russian foreign minister Lavrov welcomes conference participants
New G8 research centre launched at MGIMO
G8 Summit 2006: Issues and Instruments, from Agora Publications
June 30 seminar at State University Higher School of Economics in Moscow
Webcast of June 29 pre-summit conference at MGIMO in Moscow
John Kirton: Implementing G8 Economic Commitments
Joseph Nye: Russia and the G8
Kevin Cherry: Russia and Civil Society
Civil Society Unit: Russia and the G8
Kevin Cherry: Russia and Civil Society
John Kirton: The G8 and Global Energy Governance
Fact Sheet: International Organizations at the Summit
Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue report on Gleneagles 2005
Updated prospective agenda for the St. Petersburg Summit
Jeffrey Kopstein: What Is Russia?
Pre-Summit Conference and Seminar provisional agendas now available for MGIMO on June 29 and SU-HSE June 30
Video now available of G8 Outreach Session with Russia's Igor Shuvalov and Canada's Peter Harder, April 10
John Kirton: The G8 and Global Health Governance: The Case for a 2006 Eurasian HIV/AIDS Initiative
John Kirton and Laura Sunderland: The G8 and Global Education Governance
Russia's 2006 G8: Combining Continuity and Innovation for Summit Success, by John Kirton and Laura Sunderland (published in Italianieuropei)
Peter Hajnal: "Civil Society at the Gleneagles Summit," paper presented at Civil G8 March 9 forum
Checking In on the G8's Progress conference - Watch video from February 9 conference with the release of the 2005 Interim Compliance Report
Russian-Language Bibliography now available
G8 Research Group brochure now available in Russian
NGOs/ONG: Call for interventions | appel à interventions | Aufruf zu Interventionen | Chiamata per interventi
Latest research on G8 compliance: Scholars' papers presented at the International Studies Association convention, San Diego, March 22-25, 2006
Read about the G8 Research Group: Students Hold World Leaders Accountable
Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit Update
Adrian Morson in The Varsity: Russia's Wobbly G8 Legitimacy
NGO outreach sessions in Ottawa (Feb 6), Toronto (Feb 8) and Montreal (Feb 10)
Issue-specific catalogues from G8 summits since 1975 now available on health, energy and more
John Kirton: Canada's New Government's Foreign Policy and the St Petersburg G8 Summit
John Kirton: Preparing the Toronto Summit (in Russian)
John Kirton and Jenevieve Mannell: "G8 and Global Health Governance," Waterloo, Ontario, November 11, 2005
John Kirton: "From Collective Security to Concert: The UN, G8 and Global Security Governance," Montreal, October 28, 2005
Vladimir Vasiliev, Duma: " Russian Assistance to Africa," London, October 19-22, 2005. Also available in Russian.
Stella Luk and Nathalie Meurens: Can the U.S. and France Veto a Doha Deal: The Legal Dimension
John Kirton: "A Promising Push: Complying with the Gleneagles G8 Africa Commitments and Parliamentarians' Role," London, October 20, 2005
J8 Global Citizenship Programme, an educational youth event for the St Petersburg Summit, launches
Congratulations to the 2005 Catherwood winners Vanessa Corlazzoli and Wynne Lawrence
Master list of G8 Research Group Compliance Reports
G8 finding aid updated to include Gleneagles documents in English and Russian
Fact Sheet: Summit Meeting Sites
Reports from Sabrina Shaw at the WTO' s Hong Kong ministerial
Peter Teslenko: Report on Civil G8 2006, Russia's civil society outreach
Interviews with civil society representatives and reports from the Gleneagles
Mary Gazze: Will the Impact of Live 8 Last?
Victoria Panova: Impressions of the 2005 Gleneagles Summit
Nicholas Bayne: Overcoming Evil with Good: Impressions of the Gleneagles Summit, 6-8 July, 2005
Mikhail Savostiyanov: Looking forward to the 2006 St. Petersburg Summit
Gleneagles Performance: Remit Mandates, Institutions Created, Money Mobilized, Number of Documents, Words and Commitments
2004 Sea Island Final Compliance Report released July 1
G8 and Africa Final Report released by the Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit
G8 Summit 2005: Mapping the Challenges, a publication by Agora Projects with contributions by Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Jeffrey Sachs, Donald Johnston and more
Fact Sheet on Terrorism involving G8 Countries and Citizens
Reports, photographs and interviews from the Civil Society and Extended Dialogue Unit
G8 Reform: Expanding the Dialogue
Updated – Gleneagles Performance: Media Coverage
John Kirton: London Explosions Will Not Divert the Gleneagles Summit Leaders
John Kirton: What to Watch For at Gleneagles, July 6
Gleneagles Summit Participants, Schedule and Agenda
Pre-Summit Conference Video and Papers now available
John Kirton: Energizing Global Sustainable Development: Promising Prospects for the Gleneagles G8 [PDF], July 2, 2005
Video of Pre-G8 Summmit Symposium on "Understanding the G8," London, June 27, 2005
John Kirton: Assessment of G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, June 23, 2005
John Kirton: "A Summit of Pride and Influence? Canada and the Gleneagles Summit," Munk Centre Monitor, Summer 2005
Latest G8 Governance working paper: Performing the Twelve Labors: The G8's Role in the Fight against Money Laundering by Denisse Rudich
G8 Research Group fundraising campaign begins
Webcast of April 8 session on Canada's and the UK's Objectives for the Gleneagles Summit, with Peter Harder and Sir Michael Jay now available
Lectures and official documents now available in Russian
Global Governance and the G8: Global Corporate Citizenship and Non-state Actors in International Development research project, led by Marketa Evans
G8 Research Group's Civil Society and Extended Dialogue Unit releases report on G8 and Africa
John Kirton: From G7 to G20: Capacity, Leadership and Normative Diffision in Global Financial Governance, ISA Conference 2005
New books: Nicholas Bayne's Staying Together: The G8 Confronts the 21st Century; New Perspectives on Global Governance: Why America Needs the G8, edited by Michele Fratianni, John Kirton, Alan Rugman and Paolo Savona
Ella Kokotsis: Explaining Compliance with G20 Commitments, ISA Conference 2005
2004 Sea Island Interim Compliance Report assesses compliance with commitments made at Sea Island
Finding Aid now includes links to English- and French-language documents
G8 Governance Working Paper by Amandine Scherrer: "Le G8 face au crime organisé."
Nicholas Bayne, Shinichiro Uda and Heidi Ullrich: "The Tartan Talks: Gleneagles 2005," LSE Magazine (Winter 2004).
Sir Nicholas Bayne: The Prospects for the 2005 Gleneagles Summit, Toronto, November 22. Text now available.
Fact Sheet: G7/8 and China
G8 Governance Working Paper: Giulio Gallarotti's "Confronting the Impediments to International Economic Cooperation"
David Runnalls, President, IISD, appointed special advisor on sustainable development.
Reports on the Quebec City Summit of the Americas
The G8 Research Group is pleased to welcome His Excellency, Guiliano Amato, President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, to the University of Toronto for a private meeting on March 27 to discuss the work of the G8 Research Group and the forthcoming Genoa G8 Summit.
The G8 Research Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Koji Watanabe to the Professional Advisory Council, March 9, 2001.
Bailin, Alison. From Traditional to Institutionalized Hegemony. G8 Governance. No. 6 (February 2001). This article introduces a new model, institutionalized hegemony, that synthesizes and extends hegemonic stability and institutionalism and shows that a group of great powers replaced the US as the hegemon in the mid-1970s. [PDF]
Germain, Randall D. Reforming the International Financial Architecture: The New Political Agenda. Paper presented at the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, February 20-24, 2001. [PDF]
Sussmann, Michael A. "The Critical Challenges From International High-Tech and Computer-Related Crime at the Millennium". Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, 9 No.2 (Spring 1999): 451-489. [PDF].
Kirton, John J. "Embedded Ecologism and Institutional Inequality: Linking Trade, Environment and Social Cohesion in the G8." [PDF] Paper prepared for a panel on ìNew Directions in Global Trade Governance: Competition, Consensus and Coherenceî at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, February 20-24, 2001.
"New Directions in Global Trade Governance: Competition, Consensus and Coherence," a panel at this year's International Studies Association, will take place on Wednesday, February 23, 2001, from 3:45 to 5:30 p.m. at the Chicago Hilton in Chicago, IL. The session will be chaired by John Kirton, University of Toronto, who will also present "The Trade-Environment-Social Cohesion Interface: Towards a New Consensus and Coherence." Other panellists are Theodore H. Cohn, Simon Fraser University, "Stimulating Trade Liberalization After Seattle: G7 Leadership in Global Governance," Heidi Ullrich, London School of Economics and Political Science, "The G7 and Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Past Performance, Future Challenges" and Nicholas Bayne, London School of Economics and Political Science, "Global Trade Governance: The Role of International Institutions." The discussant is Jeffrey Hart of Indiana University.
The G8 Research Group is pleased to announce the apppointment of David Malone, President of the International Peace Academy, as Special Advisor on conflict prevention, human security and international securty.
Guiding Global Order: G8 Governance in the Twenty-First Century, edited by John J. Kirton, University of Toronto, Joseph P. Daniels, Marquette University, and Andreas Freytag, University of Cologne, is now available from http://www.ashgate.com/html/series8.html. The latest in the G8 and Global Governance series from Ashgate Publishing, this volume has contributions from Donald Brean, University of Toronto, Pierre Marc Johnson, Heenan Blaikie, Klemens Fischer, Minister Counseller, Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union, Christoph Schwegmann, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, and George von Furstenburg, Fordham University, among others.
John J. Kirton, "Creating Coherence in Global Environmental Governance: Canada's 2002 Opportunity [PDF]." Paper presented at a conference on "Canada @ the World," sponsored by the Policy Research Secretariat, Westin Hotel, Ottawa, November 30-December 1, 2000.
Nicholas Bayne, 'Looking Beyond North American Elections: Prospects for Trade and Financial Liberalisation'. The Robert H. Catherwood Lecture, 6 November, 2000.
"Controlling For Domestic-Level Commitments: An Analysis of the Authoritative National Commitments Made in Canada and the United States from 1995-2000", by Diana Juricevic. November 7, 2000. [PDF]
"The G20 Montreal Ministerial Meeting: Poverty and Debt Relief Initiative". Prepared by Oana Dolea and Bob Papanikolaou
"The G20 Montreal Ministerial Meeting: Globalization". Prepared by Aaron Gairdner
"Private Sector Involvement, Standards and Codes, Institutional Reform and the Financial Sectory": A Report From the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Montréal, Oct 25, 2000. Prepared by Marilena Liguori and Nicol Lorantffy.
"Civil Society": A Report From the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Montréal, Oct 25, 2000. Prepared by Christine Lucyk.
"Exchange Rate Management": A Report from the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, Montréal, Oct 25, 2000. Prepared by Gina Stephens.
"The G20 Montreal Ministerial Meeting: A Preliminary Assessment". Professor John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group. October 25, 2000.
The Robert H. Catherwood Scholarship, Sept. 27, 2000.
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