Canada Can Set the G8 Agenda - Within Limits
An op-ed by CIGI Acting Executive Director Tom Bernes and CIGI Distinguished Fellow Gordon Smith in the Globe and Mail outlines that there are at least four factors constraining the PM's ability to manage issues on a global scale.
Geoengineering: A New Governance Challenge
In an article in the January 28 issue of Science, CIGI fellow Jason Blackstock and co-author Jane Long discuss the growing interest in geoengineering techniques to help stabilize the changing climate. The potential application of this evolving science requires international dialogue and governance.
Some Highlights of CIGI’s Year
The global financial crisis and the work of the Group of 20 dominated CIGI's research for much of 2009. CIGI’s program included research, an annual conference, publications, a range of partnership initiatives and other activities related to these topics and other key international governance issues.
Time for G8 to grow, let in emerging powers
ROME - The Group of Eight summit in L'Aquila, Italy, underlined how the G8 nations and emerging powers must cooperate to drink from the same well.
Emerging markets offer hope
It's becoming one of the more hotly debated questions among those seeking a way out of the global recession: Is the world economy powered by one engine or two?
The Balsillie Centre of Excellence
The Balsillie Centre of Excellence was announced on May 25, 2009, before a crowd in CIGI's atrium. The new Centre will house schools and programs in support of research and graduate studies in pressing international governance challenges. The major announcement included $100 million in funding from the Governments of Canada and Ontario and Jim Balsillie.
A Critical Look at Afghanistan
A recent article on Afghanistan by Ramesh Thakur, CIGI distinguished fellow and director of Balsillie School of International Affairs, sums up his impressions after a visit to the country. His commentary appeared on the op-ed pages of The Globe and Mail, The Hindu and The Japan Times. Despite his pessimism over the outlook there, Dr. Thakur says the international community cannot afford to give up on Afghanistan.
Crisis and Response: Whither International Financial Regulation?
These papers were among those presented at a CIGI-hosted workshop on September 26-27, 2008 that brought together leading scholars of the political economy of international financial regulation to discuss the regulatory implications of the current global financial crisis. Eric Helleiner, CIGI Chair in International Governance at the University of Waterloo, organized the workshop.