2007 G8 Summit, Heiligendamm, Germany
A joint blog by Dr. Andrew F. Cooper and Kelly Jackson
Looking Back on Heiligendamm
In the last three weeks since the end of the summit, we have written various op-eds and articles on the structural innovation (the Heiligendamm Process) that was the key outcome of the 2007 G8 Summit. If you are interested in reading more of our views on the topic, we encourage you to check out our forthcoming International Insights piece which will be available on the Canadian Institute of International Affairs website.
Additionally, for those interested, the official summit documents are available [...]
Photos from DATA/GCAP/Oxfam Press Conference
Here are a couple of photos from the press conference on Day 2 of the summit.
-KJ
Summit Snapshots on Day 2
As we head back to Berlin on the train after a long day 2 at the media centre, we have been reflecting on the day's events and the summit outcomes. We will post a more comprehensive overview in the next few days, but for now we leave you with some of the key issues that were generating buzz as we departed Kuehlungsborn.
1) Canada being singled out as the major blocker on an agreement on increased aid at the DATA/GCAP/OXFAM press conference by Bono and Bob Geldof. Geldof said that a man named Stephen [...]The G8 as Complex Diplomacy
The G8 conforms to a classic model of complex diplomacy.
Certainly there are multiple agendas, actors and time-frames. The
main face of the summit has been the roundtable meetings of the
leaders of the 8 countries, albeit with sherpas and translators
close at hand. Radiating out of this core has been a wide numbers
of bilaterals, in which an elaborate dance has taken place to pair
up specific leaders. Tonly Blair has been particularly active in
this dance, meeting (in this one of his last [...]
Day 1 in Kuehlungsborn - Photos
Some shots from Day 1.
-KJ
The traditional Ostsee lounge chair - each G8 member
has an official one.
The view from the balcony of the Media Centre to the east.
The view from the balcony of the Media Centre to the west.
Inside part of the Media Centre. Below that, a photo of some of
the various press briefings being handed out regularly by NGOs and
national delegations.
