Analytical and Compliance Studies

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Summary Analytical Assessments and Research Reports
2010 Muskoka Summit
2009 L'Aquila Summit (formerly La Maddalena Summit)
2008 Hokkaido Summit
2007 Heiligendamm Summit
2006 St. Petersburg Summit
2005 Gleneagles Summit
2004 Sea Island Summit
2003 Evian Summit
2002 Kananaskis Summit
2001 Genoa Summit
2000 Okinawa Summit
1999 Köln Summit
1998 Birmingham Summit
1997 Denver Summit of the Eight
1996 Lyon Summit

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See also Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit and G8 Research Group Oxford/LSE

Summary Analytical Assessments and Research Reports

G8 Issue and Summit Performance Assessments

• G8 Performance Assessments by Issue, 1996-2004
• G8 Performance Assessments by Country, 1996-2004
• Fact Sheet: Summit Achievement Grades, 1975-2002

Research Reports

• G8 Climate Governance, 1975-2008 [PDF], by Madeline Boyce, May 2009

G7/8 Commitments

• Full Text of Commitments, 1975-2009
• G8 Commitments on Health, 1975-2009
• Summary Commitments Assessments, 1975-2002
• G7/8 Summit Commitments, 1975-2002

G8 Compliance Assessments

• G8 Compliance Performance Assessment, Overall and by Issue, 1996-2002
• G8 Compliance Assessments by Country, 1996-2005
• Compliance with Climate Change Commitments: The G8 Record, 1975-2007 [PDF, updated June 5, 2008]

Background on Compliance Assessments

• Introduction
• List of Commitments in the Lyon Communiqué by Issue
• Methodology
• Comments
• Endnotes
  
  
• Compliance Coding Manual, by Ella Kokotsis and Jenilee Guebert (September 9, 2009) [pdf] [doc]

See Road to the Muskoka Summit

Prospective Agenda

• Plans and Prospects (updated as needed)

See also Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit and G8 Research Group Oxford/LSE
See Official Documents and Official Italian website

Assessments and Analysis

• The Performance of the G8 at L’Aquila 2009: A Summit of Solid Success, by John Kirton, July 13, 2009
• G8 2009 Summit Performance: Promoting Democracy in Iran, by Julie Feinberg and John Kirton, July 9, 2009
• The G8 Leaders' Declaration on the World Economy: Form and Content at the G8 L'Aquila Summit, by George M. Furstenberg, July 9, 2009
• Economic Issues Fit for the L'Aquila Summit, by George M. von Furstenberg, July 8, 2009
• Prospects for the G8 L'Aquila Summit, by John Kirton, July 6, 2009
• Civil Society at the 2009 G8 Summit in L'Aquila, by Peter Hajnal, November 10, 2009

Prospective Agenda

• Plans and Prospects (updated as needed)

Compliance Reports

• 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako Summit G5 Compliance Report [pdf], July 1, 2009
• 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako Summit Final Compliance Report, June 30, 2009
• 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako Summit Interim Compliance Report, February 11, 2009
• 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako O5 Summit Interim Compliance Report, February 11, 2009

See also Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit and G8 Research Group Oxford

Summit Plans and Preparations

• Issues for discussion at Hokkaido (updated as needed)

Assessment Reports

• 2008 Issue Assessment, with objectives [pdf], July 9, 2008
• 2008 Country Assessment, with objectives [pdf], July 9, 2008
• John Kirton's Assessment of the Performance of the 2008 G8 Host, July 9, 2008
• John Kirton's Assessment of the G8's Climate Change Performance, July 9, 2008
• John Kirton's Grades for the 2008 Summit, July 9, 2008

Compliance Reports

• The G8 and Climate Change since Heiligendamm: Final Compliance Report for the G8 and Outreach Five Countries [pdf], G8 Research Group LSE/Oxford, July 20, 2008
• 2007 Heiligendamm Summit Final Compliance Report [pdf], June 23, 2008
• 2007 Heiligendamm Summit Final O5 Compliance Report [pdf], June 26, 2008
• 2007 Heiligendamm Interim Compliance Report [pdf], February 27, 2008
• The G8 and Climate Change since Heiligendamm: Interim Compliance Report for the G8 and Outreach Five Countries (G8 Research Group Oxford) [pdf], February 27, 2008

See also Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit

Prospective Agenda and Schedule

• Issues for discussion at Heiligendamm (updated as needed)
• Draft summit declarations leaked by Oil Change International
• Draft summit declaration on Africa
• Draft summit declaration on climate change

Country and Issue Reports

• G8 Country Analysis Part I: Objectives and Data Reports (G8 Members' Objectives at the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit), June 2007
• G8 Country Analysis Part II: Assessment Reports (G8 Member Performance at the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit), June 2007
• G8 Summit Analysis Part I: Issue Objectives Reports (A review of the G8's objectives in selected issue areas at the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit), June 2007
• G8 Summit Analysis Part II: Issue Objectives Assessment (G8 performance at the 2007 Heiligendamm Summit in selected areas), June 2007
• "Outreach Five" Country Objectives Report: 2007 Heiligendamm Summit, June 7, 2007

Compliance

• 2006 St. Petersburg Final Compliance Report
  Summary • Presentation (June 1, 2007) • Summary Findings (June 5, 2007) • Full report (June 6, 2007)
• 2006 Final Compliance Report: Russia (State University Higher School of Economics)
• Governing Global Climate Change: St. Petersburg Interim Compliance Report for the 'G8 Plus Five' Countries, G8 Research Group Oxford, June 6, 2007
  Governing Global Climate Change Interpretive Guidelines, March 2007
• 2006 St. Petersburg Compliance Report, February 16, 2007 (revised March 9, 2007)
  Interpretive Guidelines, February 2007

See also Civil Society and Expanded Dialogue Unit

Compliance

• 2005 Gleneagles Final Compliance Report, June 12, 2006
• 2005 Gleneagles Interim Compliance Report, February 9, 2006

Prospective Agenda and Schedule

• Schedule of meetings and documents (July 16, 11h00)
• Issues for discussion at St Petersburg

Analysis

• Assessment Scores
• Issue Objectives Report
• Issue Assessment Report
• Country Data and Objectives Report
• Country Assessment Report
  
• "A Summit of Significant Success: The G8 at St. Petersburg 2006" John Kirton, July 19, 2006 (updated)
• Performance Monitoring, John Kirton, Laura Sunderland, Ella Kokotsis, Janel Smith and the G8 Research Group, July 17, 2006
• "Deepening Russia's Democracy," John Kirton, July 17, 2006
• " Shocked into Success: Prospects for the St. Petersburg Summit," John Kirton, July 17, 2006

See also Road to St. Petersburg

Performance Assessments

• Domestic Media Management, July 9, 2005
• Number of Documents, Words and Commitments, July 8, 2005
• Money Mobilized, July 8, 2005
• Remit Mandates, July 9, 2005
• Institutions Created, July 9, 2005

Compliance Studies

• 2004 Sea Island Final Compliance Report, released July 1, 2005 — an assessment of progress made on the commitments set out at the 2004 Sea Island Summit.
• 2004 Sea Island Interim Compliance Results, released February 28, 2005 — an assessment of progress made on the commitments set out at the 2004 Sea Island Summit.

Analysis

• Fact Sheet: Shocks from Terrorism to G8 Countries and Citizens, July 7, 2005

Expert Assessments and Other Reports

• Civil Society at the Gleneagles Summit," Peter I. Hajnal, March 9, 2006
• Impressions of the 2005 Gleneagles Summit, Victoria Panova, July 18, 2005
• Overcoming Evil with Good: Impressions of the Gleneagles Summit, 6-8 July, 2005, Nicholas Bayne, July 18, 2005
• Will the Impact of Live 8 Last?, Mary Gazze, July 7, 2005
• Preliminary Assessment of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting in London on June 23, 2005, John Kirton, June 23, 2005

Prospects

• London Explosions Will Not Divert the Gleneagles Summit Leaders, John Kirton, July 6, 2005
• What to Watch For at Gleneagles, John Kirton, July 6, 2005
• Energizing Global Sustainable Development: Promising Prospects for the Gleneagles G8 [PDF], John Kirton, July 2, 2005

See also Official Documents

Performance Objectives and Assessments

• Issue Objectives
• Country Objectives
• Sea Island Performance Review, June 11, 2004
• Sea Island Performance Grades, June 11, 2004

Expert Assessments

• America at the G8: From Vulnerability to Victory at the 2004 Sea Island Summit, John Kirton, June 18, 2004
• Impressions of the 2004 Sea Island Summit, Nicholas Bayne, June 14, 2004

Compliance Studies

• 2003 Evian Final Report, released May 31, 2004 — an assessment of progress made on the committments set out at the 2003 Evian Summit.
• 2003 Evian Interim Report, released February 7, 2004 — an assessment of progress made on the committments set out at the 2003 Evian Summit.

Prospects

• Kirton, John. "The Struggle for Summit Success: Prospects for Georgia's G8." Paper prepared for publication in G8 Monitor, published by the University of Georgia, May 19, 2004.
• Kirton, John. "The Road from Rambouillet to the Sea Island Summit: Process, Accomplishments and Challenges for the Corporate Community." Paper prepared for the G8 Executive Workshop on "G8 Governance and Economic Globalization: The Road from Rambouillet to Sea Island," Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research, Atlanta, May 7, 2004.
• Kirton, John. "Prospects for the G8 Sea Island Summit, Seven Weeks Hence." Paper prepared for a seminar at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, April 22, 2004.
• Kirton, John. "Making the Georgia G8 Work for America," Address sponsored by the Address sponsored by the Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October 3, 2004 [HTML] [PDF]

See also Sea Island Documents and Delegations

Compliance Assessments

• Kananaskis Final Compliance Report
  
• Kananaskis Interim Compliance Report
  

Expert Assessments

• Impressions of the G8 Evian Summit, John Kirton and Ella Kokotsis, June 3, 2003
  
• Impressions of the G8 Evian Summit, Nicholas Bayne, June 3, 2003
  
• Impressions of the G8 Evian Summit, Victoria Panova, June 3, 2003
  
• Impressions of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, John Kirton, Paris, May 23, 2003
  
• Impressions of the G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Pierre Marc Johnson, Paris, May 23, 2003
  

See also Evian Documents and Delegations

Compliance Assessments

• Keeping Genoa's Commitments: The 2002 G8 Compliance Report

Expert Assessments

• Impressions of the Kananaskis Summit, 26-27 June 2002. Sir Nicholas Bayne, G8 Research Group
  
  
• Delivering Democratic Development for Africa. John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group. Published in the Calgary Herald, June 30, 2002.
  
  
• A Summit of Historic Significance: A Gold Medal for the Kananaskis G8. John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group. Published in the Calgary Herald, June 28, 2002.
  
  
• The Russian 2006 G8 Hosting Decision. John Kirton, G8 Research Group. Galgary, Alberta. June 27, 2002.
  
  
• The Promise of the Kananaskis Summit. John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group. Published in the Calgary Herald, June 26, 2002.
  
  
• Performance Assessment: G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Whistler, British Columbia, June 12-13, 2002. John Kirton, G8 Research Group.

Objectives by Country

Objectives by Issue

Prospects

• Kirton, John. "Canada's Kananaskis G8 Summit: What Can and Should be Done?" Virtual Roundtable on Canada and the Kananaskis G8 Summit. Canadian Foreign Policy. No.9: 3 (Spring 2002). [PDF]
• The G8 from Genoa to Kananaskis and Beyond: Performance, Prospects, and Potential.
  Professor John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group, University of Toronto, and Dr. Ella Kokotsis, Director of Analytical Studies, G8 Research Group, June 19, 2002

G8 Performance Assessment by Country and by Objective, Kananaskis 2002

See also Kananaskis Documents and Delegations

G7/G8 Commitments and Their Significance

Commitments Assessment 2001

Fact Sheets

• Donations to Global AIDS and Health Fund

Compliance Assessments

• 2001 G8 Compliance Report

Performance Assessments

G8 Performance Assessment by Country and by Objective

Country Assessments

• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Russia
• United Kingdom
• United States

• European Union

Issue Assessments

• Biotechnology/Food Safety
• Development
• Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation
• DOT Force
• Environment
• Illegal Migration
• Microeconomics
• Trade
• Transnational Organized Crime, Drugs, and Terrorism

Objectives by Country
Objectives by Issue

Expert Assessments

• Civil Society. Impressions of the Genoa Summit, 20-22 July 2001, Christine Lucyk, G8 Research Group

• Impressions of the Genoa Summit, 20-22 July 2001, Sir Nicholas Bayne, G8 Research Group

• Personal Assessment of the Role of Civil Society at the 2001 Genoa G8 Summit, Peter Hajnal, G8 Research Group

• G7 Finance Ministers' Meeting, Rome, July 7, 2001, Performance Assessment, George M. von Furstenberg, G8 Research Group

• G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting, Rome, July 18-19, 2001, Performance Assessment, Sir Nicholas Bayne, G8 Research Group

Prospects

• The 2001 G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting: Prospects and Potential , Professor John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group, July 18, 2001
• Generating Genuine Global Governance: Prospects for the Genoa G8 Summit, Professor John Kirton, Director, G8 Research Group, July 15, 2001
• Outlook for the Genoa G8 Summit of 2001, by Nicholas Bayne

See also Genoa Documents and Delegations

Commitments Assessment 2000

Performance Assessments

• Performance by Issue
• Performance by Country
  See also:
  Canada
  Germany
  Italy
• Objectives by Issue (Evaluative Criteria)
• Objectives by Country (Evaluative Criteria)

Compliance Assessments

• Compliance by Issue.
  See also:
  Debt
  Trade
  Macro
  Exchange
  Crime
  
• Compliance by Country (data to come)
• "Controlling For Domestic-Level Commitments: An Analysis of the Authoritative National Commitments Made in Canada and the United States from 1995-2000", by Diana Juricevic. November 7, 2000. [PDF]
• Compliance with G8 Commitments: From Köln 1999 to Okinawa 2000
• Methodology

Expert Assessments

• Preliminary Assessment of the role of Civil Society at the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit, Peter I. Hajnal, July 23, 2000
• Preliminary Assessment of the Human Context of the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit, George von Furstenberg, July 23, 2000
• Preliminary Personal Assessment of the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit, John Kirton, July 23, 2000
• First Thoughts on the Okinawa Summit, 2000, by Sir Nicholas Bayne, July 21, 2000
• Tinkering with the International Financial System and Debt Forgiveness: What Insights Have Surfaced in the G7/IMF Going Forward from Cologne to the Okinawa Summit? , by George M. von Furstenberg, July 20, 2000

Prospects

• Prospects for the Year 2000 Okinawa G7/G8 Summit, by John Kirton

See also Okinawa Delegations and Documents

Performance Assessments

• Performance by Issue (including justification of scores)
• Performance by Country
• Objectives by Issue (Evaluative Criteria)
• Objectives by Country

Compliance Assessments

• Compliance by Issue. See also:
  Active Aging
  Climate Change
  Debt of the Poorest
  Employment
  International Trade
  The Illegal Trafficking of Human Beings
• Compliance by Country (data to come)
• Methodology

Miscellaneous

• Internet Opens G8 Summit to Individuals Worldwide

See also Köln Summit Delegations and Documents
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Performance Assessments

• Performance by Issue
• Performance by Country
• Objectives by Issue (Evaluative Criteria)
• Objectives by Country for the Birmingham Summit

Compliance Assessments

• Compliance by Issue. See also:
  Crime
  Development
  Employment
  Environment
  Antipersonnel Landmines
  Russia
• Compliance by Country (data to come)
• Methodology

Expert Assessments

• Impressions of the Birmingham Summit, by Sir Nicholas Bayne

See also Birmingham Summit Delegations and Documents

Performance Assessments

• Performance by Issue
• Performance by Country
• Objectives by Issue (Evaluative Criteria)
• Objectives by Issue (Justification)
• Objectives by Country

Compliance Assessments

• Compliance by Issue
• Compliance by Country (data to come). See also:
  Canada
  France
  Germany
  UK
  Italy
  Japan
  US

Expert Assessments

• Impressions of the Denver Summit, by Sir Nicholas Bayne

See also Denver Summit Delegations and Documents

• Pre-Summit Commentary: Core Issues and Positions for the Lyon Summit
• Evaluation of the Summit of the Seven June 28th, 5 p.m. GMT
• Evaluation of the Summit of the Eight June 29th, 12 noon GMT

See also Lyon Summit Delegations and Documents

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