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The Right Honourable Paul Martin gave a keynote address at CIGI'09: Towards a Global New Deal. Mr. Martin spoke about the G20 as the world's new steering committee and the measure by which it should be judged over time. He focused on three issues, global poverty, climate change and the need for an international monitoring and regulation of major financial institutions.
Imagination, Imagination to the Rescue
Roberto Mangaberia Unger, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, gave a keynote address at CIGI’09. He spoke about the global financial and economic crisis, arguing that it offered an opportunity to overthrow “a dictatorship of no alternatives,” but that this opportunity has been largely squandered. Unger called for a debate, built on ideas and imagination, which will bring a liberation from conformity and alter the course of globalization.
Picking your Club: G8 or G20, BRICs or B(R)ICSAM?
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Andrew F. Cooper gave a speech before Oxfam International. He spoke to the struggle for dominance between the G8 and the G20. He also talked about the emerging role of the B(R)ICSAM countries.
USC Center on Public Public Diplomacy: Celebrity Diplomacy
CIGI Distinguished Fellow Andrew F. Cooper discussed the value of celebrity diplomacy at USC Center on Public Diplomacy conference.
Paul Heinbecker Participates in a Panel Discussion on UN Reform
To discuss Canada's campaign for a UN Security Council seat.
The G20: A Work in Progress for Global Governance?
Distinguished Fellow Andrew Cooper delivered a keynote address at the 8th FES-SWP North-South Dialogue. He discussed how the G20 has served an important symbolic function and has significant instrumental value.
Canadian Policy and the Middle East
Paul Heinbecker's Presentation Before the Arthur Kroeger College Educational Students' Society.
“Whose UN Is It, Anyway?”
Paul Heinbecker's Lecture, AEXDP for the School of the Public Service.
President Obama’s Foreign Policy and Canada
Paul Heinbecker's Presentation to to the Advanced Leadership Program at the Canada School of Public Service.
Asia in the Post Sub-Prime World Order
Yuen Pau Woo, president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, addresses the audience at CIGI '08.
