CIGI Papers, May, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
G7 to G8 to G20: Evolution in Global Governance
In the sixth installment in CIGI’s G20 Paper series, Gordon Smith discusses the evolution of the Group of Seven (G7) to the formation of the Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers in late 1990s, and the G20 leaders’ summit forum at the outbreak of the global financial crisis in 2008. Gordon Smith discusses the evolution of the summitry from the G7 in the 1970s, to the first G20 leader's summit in 2008.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sudan's Aspirational Army: A History of the Joint Integrated Units
SSR Issue Paper No. 2
The second in a series of issue papers on current security sector reform (SSR) issues, this paper examines the troubled history of the Joint Integrated Units (JIUs) in Sudan and makes recommendations for those involved in the redeployment of the units following the outcome of the January 2011 referendum.