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| Monday, March 4, 2019 | 12:00PM - 2:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place |
To celebrate the publication of his revised The G20: Evolution, Interrelationships, Documentation, Peter Hajnal will talk about many changes that the G7 and G20 have undergone in the five years since the first edition in 2014.
One major change was the suspension of Russia’s membership in the G8 in 2014, turning it once again into the G7. Another challenge comes from the rise of populism internationally and US attitudes and actions under the Trump administration – on climate, trade, security and other issues. But on a positive note, both Gs, despite the challenges, are surviving as key institutions of global governance.
Peter has been a member of the G7/G8/G20 Research Groups since 1988 and attended 14 G7/G8/G20 summits as a member of the field team. He is also a member of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, the Union of International Associations, the Association of Former International Civil Servants and the American Library Association. Before his retirement he was Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto for 11 years. He also served as librarian for 25 years at the University of Toronto and 10 years at the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York. He was consultant at the United Nations, in post-Yugoslavia Macedonia, at the Civil G8 project in 2006 in Russia, and the Graham Library, Trinity College, University of Toronto, and assessor of the 2005 G8 Stakeholder Consultation for Chatham House. He is also a participant in Canada Declassified, a project of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, Trinity College, University of Toronto.
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