NATO summit: The scene at McCormick Place
BY SERENA DAI
Watch a slideshow of photos from the 2012 NATO Summit at McCormick Place. Continue reading
Summits
21st century threats to be focus for alliance in Chicago
BY ALI DURKINWhen the leaders of NATO’s 28 member nations meet in Chicago, they will encounter a heavy-topic agenda including discussions and decisions on Afghanistan transition, ballistic-missile defense, cyber security and the Eurozone crisis. Underlying all, however, and perhaps the most fundamental issue of the Chicago Summit is NATO’s direction: What is the role of an alliance whose members’ interests sometimes compete in a globally complicated, many-shades-of-gray 21st century? Continue reading
China’s influence felt at G8 despite its absence
By JOHN SOLYMOSSYChinese government leaders will not take part in either the G-8 or NATO summits, though the growing importance of China in the global economy is the 800-pound gorilla in the room at both forums. Several countries currently included in the G-8 “club,” such as Italy, Canada and France, have faded in importance globally even as China’s influence has soared. Continue reading
2012 G8 Summit – What to look for and why
BY PREETI UPADHYAYAWhen G-8 leaders convene in Camp David several pivotal world dynamics will underpin their agenda. The state of the economy and the shifting global power structure will be present in every conversation and issues Continue reading
What to expect at the NATO summit
BY KRISTIN KEITHA hedge against Russia; it’s not the world that NATO was created for; the issue isn’t who’s attending and who’s not attending; they need to think out of the box. Continue reading
Will food security be on the table for 2012 G8 summit?
BY GLORIA OHPresident Obama may have nudged a few eggs down the South Lawn during the annual Easter Egg Roll, but outside the White House, advocates from ActionAid, a nonprofit organization working to eliminate poverty and injustice, gave the U.S. leader a not-so- subtle push of their own. A life-size cutout of the president humorously depicted as a “Hunger Hero” stood next to a large poster emblazoned with, “Obama: Find the will to be a hunger hero at the G8 summit.” Continue reading
