Summit Studies
Any comprehensive study of the G8 is incomplete without an in-depth analysis of the G8 Summit itself. Each year, the G8 Research Group takes a team of 25 student analysts to the G8 Summit. At the summit, students attend briefings and press conferences, conduct interviews with government officials and area experts, analyze policy documents and issue briefs, and monitor progress on pre-identified summit issues and others that arise. Students also serve as a source of expertise for foreign ministry officials and the international media, giving interviews about the G8 and the issues on the summit agenda.
The valuable summit analysis performed by the G8 Research Group has been noted by several G8 member states through their officials, including Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the G8 Presidency of the Russian Federation, and the European Commission.
Below are each country’s objectives and the prospects for achieving them, as well as an in-depth look into the Canadian presidency and the issue areas on its agenda.
G20 Summit
G20 Accountability: Taking Stock of the Pledges Dues in the 2010 Seoul Summit
Country Analysis
Issue Analysis
Articles
Erin Fitzgerald and Sarah Yun. “The Advent of the G14,” Foreign Policy In Focus (23 July 2009)