By John Kirton
The 2010 Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Twenty (G20) summits, taking place respectively on June 25–26 in Muskoka and June 26–27 in Toronto, Canada, are unusually significant events. For the first time, these two systems for global governance will be held in tandem. For the first time, the G20 will embark on its new mission, proclaimed at its last summit in Pittsburgh in September 2009, to serve as the world’s premier, permanent forum for international economic governance. The twin summits in Canada will provide the expanded global governance capacity to address many pressing global issues across the financial and economic, social and development, and political and security domains. But the greatest pressure to prove its worth is on the newly recast G20.
