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July 7-9, 2008

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RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS	FEATURE: THE G8 AND REFORM
Climate Change-Related Border Tax Adjustments Ben Lockwood and John Whalley CIGI Policy Brief #4 JUNE 2008 US-Russia Agreement Could Advance GNEP, But Congressional Watch Dog Challenges Program Direction Miles Pomper GNEP Watch, No. 7 JUNE 2008 From Civil Strife to Peacebuilding: The Private Sector's Role in West African Peacebuilding Conference Report 2008 Higher Education Transformation in China and Its Global Implications Yao Li, John Whalley, Shunming Zhang and Xiliang Zhao CIGI Policy Brief #3 MAY 2008 All CIGI publications can also be found in the IGLOO library	Celebrity Diplomacy and the G8: Bono and Bob as Legitimate International Actors Andrew F. Cooper Working Paper #29 SEPTEMBER 2007 The Logic of the B(R)ICSAM Model for G8 Reform Andrew F. Cooper CIGI Policy Brief #1 MAY 2007 International Governance, the G8 and Globalization Louise Frechette Speech given to the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and G8 Research Group at Egmont Palace, Brussels MAY 2007 Summitry from G5 to L20: A Review of Reform Initiatives Peter I. Hajnal Working Paper #20 MARCH 2007
EVENTS	FEATURED NEWS
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2008 Conference Global Challenges, G8 Innovations: G8 Pre-Summit Conference 2008 Location: Center for International Public Policy Studies Location: Tokyo, Japan JULY 3-5, 2008 Conference The Emergence of China and India in the Global Economy Partners: London School of Economics (LSE) Location: LSE (London, UK) JULY 18-19, 2008 Conference Bringing Balance to IMF Reform Debates Partners: CIGI, University of Oxford, New Rules for Global Finance Location: CIGI, Waterloo AUGUST 25-27, 2008 Conference GSN: (Globalization Studies Network) Partners: CIGI and GSN Location: CIGI, Waterloo	JUNE 19, 2008 China and Africa Op-ed by CIGI Senior Researcher Hany Besada International Herald Tribune (France) JUNE 18, 2008 Breaking the Race Barrier Op-ed by CIGI Distinguished Fellow Ramesh Thakur The Times of India JUNE 16, 2008 G8 resists expectations to prop up U.S. dollar Kevin Carmichael The Globe and Mail JUNE 9, 2008 Lesser evils in the war on terror Op-ed by CIGI Fellow Andrew S. Thompson The Hill Times JUNE 7, 2008 Should R2P have been invoked in Myanmar? Op-ed by CIGI Distinguished Fellow Jorge Heine The Hindu (India) MAY 31, 2008 Time to talk to the Taliban Op-ed by CIGI Senior Fellow Mark Sedra Toronto Star