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It was a real pleasure to invite Julia Ganter into our Virtual Studio to talk about today’s role, and possible future roles for Middle Powers, in a world of rising
So it was a real pleasure to invite MIT’s Mihaela Papa into the Virtual Studio to talk about the consequences of the recent BRICS Summit in Brazil and the shape and
So it was a real pleasure to invite CEIP’s Stewart Patrick back into the Virtual Studio to talk about the shape and influence of the BRICS, or BRICS+, as it
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The Roundtable Participants On Friday, August 27th participants gathered for the recording of this Roundtable. While all the participants were not available, the Roundtable did include: Miles Kahler, the Distinguished
Alan Alexandroff: This video interview with Colin Bradford, a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Colin, along with others including former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, urged that global
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Abstract The international community risks falling substantially short in its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement climate targets by 2030. Efforts to reach the
Homi Kharas is the first Interview for the Special Issue (SI) of the e-Journal Global Summitry. This is the second SI for the e-Journal and the theme here is: ‘Strengthening
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Colin Bradford was always passionate about making the world a better place, even if it meant working out of the spotlight. He pushed for policies that aimed to create a
Jack Austin, a former senator and federal minister of the Liberal Party of Canada who has been committed to building ties between Canada and China, is disappointed by the current
In the world of diplomacy, former U.S. assistant secretary of state, Susan Thornton believes young voices are just as important as the wisdom seasoned diplomats bring to the table. She
Substack Newsletter
You can follow Global Summitry Project’s (GSP) research and global governance insights from the weekly – usually, Alan’s Newsletter posts. These posts focus on the key areas of GSP inquiry, most particularly global governance advances and failures.
The posts cover the research and insights from the China-West Dialogue (CWD) a project that includes thought leaders from across the globe and co-chaired by Colin Bradford, a Senior non-resident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and myself.
Alan’s Newsletter posts also examine the global governance and global summitry research issues that emerge from the Special Issues of Global Summitry e-Journal. In addition posts examine and comment on the global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN’s Agenda 2030.
Alan’s Newsletter posts target a key focus of the GSP, the global summits – their gatherings and their commitments and their outcomes. We try to cover all the key global summits including the G7, G20, BRICS, APEC and other global summits as well.
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- COP30 Belém: The Struggles of Multilateralism in Climate and Indeed Elsewhereby Alan S. Alexandroff on November 14, 2025 at 8:40 pm
COP30 in Brazil, this year’s climate summit is halfway concluded. So, some thoughts on what has been achieved, or not. And how to advance progress here and possibly elsewhere. A good weekend to all.
- Summits Just Past; and Just Arriving: Trump ‘High’ Diplomacy Continuesby Alan S. Alexandroff on November 6, 2025 at 10:43 pm
A wee bit early but there is much going on in the summit world. Good weekend to everyone.
- Summits à la Trump 2.0by Alan S. Alexandroff on October 31, 2025 at 8:37 pm
Getting ready for the weekend and ‘turning the clock’ back – at least here in North America – a focus on Trump and Trump and Xi in Asia
- Taking a Quick Second Lookby Alan S. Alexandroff on October 24, 2025 at 10:03 pm
As we wind up the work week and head for the weekend, this week’s Post for Alan’s Newsletter. Have a good weekend
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Introduction Targeting ‘Global Governance’ Global governance is a framework of institutions, rules, norms, and procedures that facilitate collective action and co-operation among countries and other actors. The actors include international …
Global Engagement
The G20 is a prominent, if not the most prominent, informal leaders-led global summit. It consists of member states that represent 85 percent of the global GDP, over 75 percent of global trade, and about two-thirds of the global population.
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BRICS provides an Informal where member states can collectively act and in many instances, as the members perceive it, challenge the Western dominated global order. These countries together account for about 40 percent of the world’s population and a quarter of the global economy. The members focus on topics relating to economic cooperation, improved multilateral trade and development and they operate under consensus.
The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal intergovernmental pollical forum of industrialised countries that meets annually to discuss challenges related to global economic governance, international security, and energy policies. Other states and international organisations are frequently invited as guests to participate in G7 meetings and the Leaders' Summit.