17/03/2015
The highlight of the last week came from beyond the ocean. The headline of the Financial Times last Friday was “US attacks UK’s ‘constant accommodation’ with China.” According to the story, the Americans were disgruntled by the UK’s approach to China...
13/03/2015
A meeting jointly organized by TEPAV and its Korean counterpart KIEP opened to discussion the roles of the Korea and Turkey in G20 and their industrial policy experiences.
ANKARA – In the context of its T20 agenda, TEPAV organized a meeting meeting with the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) on Friday, 13 March 2015. The meeting was opened by Bozkurt Aran, Director of TEPAV Center for Multilateral Trade Studies, and Il Houng Lee, President of KIEP and Former G20 Sherpa of the Republic of Korea.
12/03/2015
This note imagines what could conceivably be on the list next year in the Turkish Summit Communique, trying to envisage options China would like to have explored before it takes over the presidency. A more speculative conjecture is to forecast areas of future work China may wish to invite at the end of its presidency and what working groups the 2016 G20 Summit may establish...
11/03/2015
The ninth Group of Twenty (G20) summit, taking place in Brisbane, Australia on November 15-
16, 2014, is an unusually significant event. It comes with the unprecedented geopolitical drama
and risks arising from Russia’s forceful annexation of Crimea, its subsequent military incursions
in eastern Ukraine,...
11/03/2015
The origin and the development of the Group of Twenty (G20) is closely related to addressing the
financial crisis through a mechanism of global governance. In 1999, the mechanism of the G20
Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was set up to prevent the reoccurrence
and spread of a crisis...
10/03/2015
Turkey’s G20 presidency in 2015 comes at a key moment for the global economy. International cooperation is needed to reduce economic risks and promote growth, and Turkey’s ‘middle power’ status could help it drive this process.
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09/03/2015
International Women's Day was celebrated yesterday, and there is cause for optimism with regards to progress in women's rights and important commitments undertaken to reduce gender inequality.
Many international organisations came out in strong support of the day, including UN Women and the IMF.
A Summit of Significant, Selective Success: Prospects for the Brisbane G20
John Kirton
RDCY
11/03/2015
The Challenge
The ninth Group of Twenty (G20) summit, taking place in Brisbane, Australia on November 15- 16, 2014, is an unusually significant event. It comes with the unprecedented geopolitical drama and risks arising from Russia’s forceful annexation of Crimea, its subsequent military incursions in eastern Ukraine, and the question of whether President Putin will actually attend the summit and how he will be treated there if he does.
Reshaping the Global Financial Governance: the Challenges that the G20 Faces and Its Response
RDCY
11/03/2015
The origin and the development of the Group of Twenty (G20) is closely related to addressing the financial crisis through a mechanism of global governance. In 1999, the mechanism of the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was set up to prevent the reoccurrence and spread of a crisis similar to the Asian financial crisis. In 2008, due to the "financial tsunami", the then French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested that the G20 be upgraded to a leaders summit, and the then US President George W. Bush agreed to organize it.
The British are Doing What the Turks Should Have Done
Güven Sak, PhD
TEPAV
17/03/2015
The highlight of the last week came from beyond the ocean. The headline of the Financial Times last Friday was “US attacks UK’s ‘constant accommodation’ with China.” According to the story, the Americans were disgruntled by the UK’s approach to China.
Nowadays China is pushing to open the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to rival the Washington-based World Bank. The UK got involved in the process, along with a number of Asian countries. And that’s why the Americans are angry. Newspapers highlight that more caution is needed in engaging a rising global power. Meanwhile,..
The G20 and the Future Global Policy Research Agenda
Barry Carin and Ye Yu
CIGI and SIIS
12/03/2015
This note imagines what could conceivably be on the list next year in the Turkish Summit Communique, trying to envisage options China would like to have explored before it takes over the presidency. A more speculative conjecture is to forecast areas of future work China may wish to invite at the end of its presidency and what working groups the 2016 G20 Summit may establish. For invitations for future work, who could be invited to do what? What specifically could they be asked to do?
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