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Don't Judge the G-20 by Its Summits; Take the long view instead
Making the case that there is far more to the G20 than just its summits, CIGI Senior Fellow Colin Bradford, writing in Foreign Policy in response to a Daniel Drezner blog post , reiterates the benefits of friendly discord within the entire G20 track.
Seven New Laws of the G-20 Era
In an op-ed to Foreign Policy, CIGI Senior Fellow Colin Bradford argues that the G-20 can serve as a powerful mechanism for managing conflicts and disputes in a new world order. He offers seven rules for understanding what the G-20 is, and making the most of its capability for diplomacy in the world today.
The United States and Summit Reform in a Transformational Era
The United States is at a critical turning point. The 2008 presidential contest and election represents a potential watershed in American politics and foreign policy.
Canada's Multilateralism on the Line
Canada can play a leadership role in breaking World Bank stalemate by throwing its weight behind governance reform, strengthening accountability and transparency and supporting a multilateral solution to president selection.
World bodies must re-align to meet climate crisis
The science of climate change has accumulated over many decades to become compelling, but the politics has changed with such a startling suddenness that previously skeptical leaders in Canada, as well as Australia and the United States, are scrambling to catch up with the firming convictions of their electorates that serious action is urgently needed.
Climate change and global leadership
THE SCIENCE of climate change has accumulated over many decades to become compelling. The politics has changed with a startling suddenness so that previously sceptical leaders in Australia, Canada, and the United States, for example, are scrambling to catch up with the firming convictions of their electorates that serious action is urgently needed.