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Global Sustainability Panel Delivers 'Resilient People, Resilient Planet'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:41:40 +0000

Searching for Disruption, Sustainability and Transformation at Davos

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:26:08 +0000

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The Occupy movement spread to 900 cities last year in a matter of days, but its impact is slow and not as grand as I and many others would wish. The same for the Arab Spring.

Heads of state and leading figures from business and academia gather this week in Davos, Switzerland to “shape global, regional and industry agendas,” as part of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting.

The Inaugural Competition for the CIGI Collaborative Research Awards

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:38:49 +0000

Better advice – not political will – key to solving sovereign debt crisis

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:37:33 +0000

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The big organizations – the European Central Bank, the OECD, the Bank of International Settlements and the IMF – all called for fiscal austerity... And financial austerity is what the governments delivered. So it’s not the politicians’ fault.

At this weekend's meeting of G20 finance ministers, talks should focus on some form of coordinated fiscal stimulus to address Europe's sovereign debt crisis. As with the financial crisis in 2008-09, there is no shortage of economic advice from global financial institutions for world leaders. But are they listening and, more importantly, should they bother listening?

Recovery 2.0: Restablizing the World Economy

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:00:14 +0000

CIGI experts discuss governing Libya after Gadhafi

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:15:33 +0000

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"When the NTC is able to demonstrate how far it’s gone in organizing, I think we’re going to be more impressed than disappointed." - Bessma Momani

As Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) forces continue their invasion of Tripoli, we speak to CIGI experts Gordon Smith, Bessma Momani and Mark Sedra about what steps the rebel alliance, and global governance bodies, should take to restore order after the seemingly inevitable demise of the Muammar Gadhafi regime.

Global leadership and political courage needed to mend ailing world economy

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:41:33 +0000

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In an ideal world, you come back to John Lennon — imagining a world with no countries. Nations cherish their sovereign rights to make decisions, and even in the European Union, domestic politicians are understandably recoiling from relinquishing authority.

Despite continued growth in emerging economies, the apparent stabilization of financial markets and trillions of dollars in stimulus spending, the global economic recovery is slowing down amidst political crises in both the United States and European Union (EU).

Ease their pain

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:49:10 +0000

On Aug. 6, 2002, I had the privilege and responsibility of representing UN secretary general Kofi Annan at the ceremony commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. The event is at once haunting, sombre and soul-cleansing. Some 40,000 people assemble in the sultry heat to recall the searing, dazzling blast that announced the birth of the atomic age with the death of a hundred thousand people at one stroke and the horror-filled stories of the larger number of survivors.

Research Program News: September 2009

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:50:51 +0000

CIGI has an active research program that includes partnerships with other universities and institutions on significant projects and publications. CIGI fellows and senior researchers present their research publications at international summits, conferences and other events.

The African Initiative: Uganda Student and Faculty Exchange Program & Uganda Congress on Climate Change

Hiroshima Day: Lose the Nuclear Ambivalence

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:12:08 +0000

Canada had more than a front row seat at the dawn of the nuclear age. As part of the Manhattan Project, this country was a player in the bombings that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki 64 years ago this week, providing both uranium and extensive scientific support for the first nuclear weapons. Yet right after the Second World War, Canada made a firm and lasting decision never to pursue the bomb for itself. And so began the nuclear ambivalence that still characterizes Canadian policy.