1. Is the G-20 Summit a Step Toward a New Global Economic Order?
- Author:
- Johannes F. Linn and Colin I. Bradford
- Publication Date:
- 09-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Brookings Institution
- Abstract:
- In November 2008, President George W. Bush convened the first G-20 summit in Washington to address the worst global financial economic crisis since the Great Depression. This summit provided a long-overdue opportunity for a dramatic and lasting change in global governance. This was followed by the election of Barack Obama, who had campaigned on a distinctly different foreign policy platform compared with his Republican rival, Senator John McCain. These two events were no mere coincidence.
- Topic:
- International Organization, International Trade and Finance, and Financial Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Washington