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1 A C U N S THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL ON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM Infor mational Memor andum No. 72 Autumn 2007 Climate Change: How it Impacts Us All 2008 ACUNS Upcoming Events ACUNS 2008 Annual Meeting Bonn, Germany 5 June - 7 June, 2008 Addressing a w i d e r a n g e of issues related to climate change by examining how such change affects the social, political and economic realms of our world is no small feat. Visit for booking information as it becomes available. I n t h i s i s s u e : 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference: Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All 1 Coming To Terms With Conferences WISC Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia 5 Reviewing ACUNS 2007 Summer Workshop 6 Call for Submissions: Corporate Social Responsibility and Practices 9 New Publications 10 and more 1

2 Climate Change: How it Impacts Us All S a r a h H u c s k o Administration, Communications and Program Development, ACUNS This past September I had the opportunity to attend the annual UN DPI/NGO Conference in New York, this year on the topic Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All. The three-day event brought together 491 NGOs with a total of 1752 representatives from 66 countries, addressing a wide range of issues related to climate change by examining how such change affects the social, political and economic realms of our world. The conference roundtables included: the scientific evidence of climate change; the knowledge of indigenous peoples and their cultures and traditions; water security and coping with climate change; the economics and politics of energy; sustainable development, accountability and ethical standards, and the role of NGOs and civil society. A recurring theme of the conference was that climate change is a global problem and it touches upon all aspects of daily life at the political, economic, regional and national levels. Review continued on page 4 60th Annual DPI/NGO Conference 5-7 September, 2007 United Nations, New York Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All 2

3 Coming to terms with Conferences Academic conferences are intense affairs, whether at the business end or on the pleasure front. The usual three days or even 24 hours can have enough intellectual stimulation, late-night sessions, booze and food in the sort of environment in which most academics do not usually find themselves (upmarket hotel in exotic location), to leave all but the most hardy conferenced out. To this can be added conference fatigue when faced with a plethora of conference possibilities. A. J. R. G r o o m, E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y, W I S C This is a new phenomenon as when I started in the early 1960s in Europe the budding IR scholar in Britain had two regulars. The first was a hangover from the Institute for Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations called the Bailey Conference. I recently came across the attendance list for 1966; it was some 26 academics and one or two student helpers. That was the British IR professional association of the time. The second annual meeting was that of the (now International) Institute for Strategic Studies which was London-based but drew some 100 plus participants from mainly NATO countries. The contrast with the situation 45 years later is striking. The Conference circuit is now a year-round phenomenon with a cast of thousands. Like so many other things which are 24/7, we can have excess of it. The academic cynic who has done the rounds for 45 years might advise budding scholars to ask several questions in descending order of importance of the Conferences on offer: Question 1. Where is it? Make sure you think great thoughts in interesting places. Business with pleasure shall be the order of the day. Question 2. Who is going? Make sure the stars or your mates are going too. Question 3. Who will pay? Your bar bill will exhaust your personal resources so B and B has to be on someone else. Question 4. Do you have to give a paper? Usually yes, but the art of recycling, and rebadging or developing your previous work in the field may suffice. Question 5. Lastly, if all the previous answers are satisfactory, comes the casual enquiry. By the way, what is it about? But we do come to conferences and not only for the somewhat dubious reasons above. Some may want to get feedback on work in progress or perhaps others are looking for a job. But in both criteria, make sure that you are ready for it. Too many times I have seen a young scholar not far into his thesis blanche as a senior figure walks into the panel session. Supervisors should counsel caution until someone is ready for the fray. In the meantime there are plenty of supportive graduate conferences. Again a panel or two is a good way of putting an edited book together (and persuading the contributors to get their contribution in on time). Networking is a prime function and in some ways mega conferences are like an intellectual hypermarket. You can pop into sessions to get a feel of what is happening in areas remote from your principal concerns. You can pull books off the stands of the book exhibition for a quick look and buy them at a discount if you like what you see. The conferences are venues for committee meetings of specialist groups or they can become a vehicle for founding a new group. I used them extensively when setting up the European Standing Group for International Relations. So we have all manner of conferences for all sorts of purposes. Is there anything new? Well yes, hence this article since as someone who has been on the ACUNS Board and in the thick of ACUNS in the early years, I think and hope that you will be interested in a new series on the conference agenda. A few years ago 21 national or regional professional International Relations associations such as ISA, BISA, the French, German and Italians, Japanese and Koreans, the Mexicans and Brazilians and others set up an informal World International Studies Committee (WISC) mainly to exchange information and experience. They asked me to Chair it. In 2005 we felt that the time was right to call the First Global International Studies Conference in Istanbul in which we tried to go beyond Europe, North America, Japan and Korea, where [ Networking is a prime function and in some ways mega conferences are like an intellectual ] hypermarket. continued on page 4 3

4 Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. - N at i v e A m e r i c a n w i s d o m continued from page 2 Several speakers provided insights into the problems and recommendations associated with climate change: Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the Sixty-first Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations; Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and broadcast journalist Roland Smith. A wide variety of presentations were provided throughout the conference, including one by Dr. Maria Ivanova, Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Policy at the College of William and Mary, notable to us because Maria is an active ACUNS member and a former ACUNS Dissertation Award winner. Following several roundtables and midday workshops, suggestions for coping with climate change were offered by participants from civil society, NGOs, government agencies and the public and private sectors. Recommendations were suggested through individual actions plans which included the reduction of greenhouse gases and CO2 emissions, adopting more efficient energy practices and policies and the need for harmonized government initiatives in the areas of saline extraction and watershed management. It was noted during the interactive discussions that progressive development policies rather than sustainable development polices need to be undertaken in order to assist in the policy areas of ecological sustainability, global warming and water security. While conferences of this nature are not expected to change the world, they are beneficial in the areas of networking and speaking with other NGO representatives to find out what types of projects and activities they are undertaking. Attending the DPI/NGO Conference was an opportunity for me to interact personally with many people from around the world rather than just communicating via , and to listen to their different perspectives on climate change and how they are coping with this global issue. Since I have been working at the ACUNS Secretariat I have attended three of the Annual DPI/NGO Conferences, on different topics including Peace and Partnerships, the Millennium Development Goals, and now Climate Change. I have met some fascinating academics and practitioners, several of whom have become valuable contacts for my work here at ACUNS. Most people will never have the chance to attend these sorts of events, and I am grateful to have had an opportunity to do so while representing the ACUNS Secretariat and helping to build new links and to reinforce existing ones with other like-minded organizations. z Coming to terms with Conferences there are a large number of scholars who often meet, to encourage participation from Latin America, the Near and Middle East and Central Asia. To some extent we succeeded but there was a notable dearth of participants from the sub-continent and sub-saharan Africa. But it was sufficiently exciting for the 1000 participants that we decided to try and do better at a second meeting to be held in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, July 23-26, We want to get as wide a global participation as possible in terms of academic traditions, approaches and viewpoints. Our theme is very much in the centre of ACUNS interests What keeps us apart, what keeps us together? International Order, Justice, Values. The Call for Panels and Papers is now open and more information can be found on the following websites: (for further information on the Conference) (for paper or panel proposals) wisc@fdv.uni-lj.si (to contact the local organizers) continued from page 3 Our Istanbul meeting was notable, not only for a highly stimulating academic exchange but also for a very enjoyable social experience. We hope that the formula can be repeated at Ljubljana with its fairytale castle on the hill and the nearby delights of the Adriatic coast, Venice and the mountains. So please consider joining us and propose a paper or a panel for what promises to be a fascinating occasion. z 4

5 Second Global International Studies Conference University of Ljubljana, Slovenia July, 2008 Call for Panel and Paper Proposals: a reminder What keeps us apart, what keeps us together? The theme of the Conference connotes global tensions and dilemmas, as well as co-operative possibilities. Furthermore, the theme invites debates on patterns of inclusion and exclusion. Finally, we want to encourage looking at global and regional problems through different lenses and from varying perspectives. Our general aim is to bring together scholars from all parts of the world to examine the contrasting perspectives on global problems and to set the agenda for our future explorations of international relations, broadly conceived. International Order, Justice, Values The Programme Committee is chaired by Knud Erik Jørgensen (University of Aarhus, Denmark) and includes three Co-Programme Chairs: Amitav Acharya (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Rafael Reuveny (Indiana University, USA) and Arlene B. Tickner (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Columbia). The Programme Committee will organize three plenary roundtables on the themes of International Order, Global Justice and Global Values with participants drawn from different quarters of the globe. In addition to the general Conference theme, the Programme Committee wishes particularly to encourage panels or papers on the following themes: Contemporary balance(s) of power: material and ideational power New wars, conflicts and soft security issues Human rights, duties and needs Regional integration: formal and informal processes Contending perspectives on environmental threats Global civil society International organizations: the politics of reform and effectiveness Geopolitics, geoeconomics and geocultures Identity issues and fundamentalism Theorizing IR: the function and dysfunction of biases and simplicity Global patterns of illicit flows: people, money and commodities New trends in diplomacy and foreign policy The values and pathologies of global pluralism Power and Ethics in IR Contemporary Foreign Policy Strategies of the G6: the USA, the EU, China, India, Brazil and Russia Global capitalism, globalization and neoliberal strategies Politics of Migration Teaching International Relations techniques and priorities This list is in no sense restrictive. The Committee invites submissions for panels or papers on other themes or topics as well. The Conference is open to all members of any WISC member organization and to others with like interests in the scholarly and practical aspects of international studies. The Programme Committee reserves the right to refuse permission to participate. Decisions of the programme committee are final. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE VISIT: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: 30 November, 2007 The deadline for responding to submissions is 1 February The Programme Committee will, however, confirm acceptance of submissions before the deadline. This implies that early submission is recommended. Proposals received after the deadline, stipulated by the programme chairs, are unlikely to be included in the programme. Travel Grants A limited number of travel grants and travel support for eligible participants is available. Currently, the WISC can offer grants for scholars from Africa and Central Asia. For more information, please visit Contact information for paper and panel proposals: Knud Erik Jørgensen, Programme Chair, Department of Political Science, Bartholin Allé, Dk-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark wisc@ps.au.dk (for queries concerning the programme) 5

6 Making (Intellectual) Waves at the Workshop [ For some, public presentation of their ideas would limit their freedom to exchange frank views and opinions within the workshop, while for others the presentations continue to be developed over several months subsequent to the ACUNS program. ] The 2007 Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies took place in Ghent, Belgium from 24 July 4 August, on the topic The UN and Regional Organizations: Partners for Peace and Security. ACUNS co-hosted the workshop with Dr. Sven Biscop of Ghent University and Egmont-Royal Institute for International Relations, and we were pleased to welcome 14 successful applicants from various parts of the United Nations and from academic institutions around the world. As always, we have to thank the UN Office of Human Resources Management, Division for Organizational Development for their continuing support of this program; we could not run it without their considerable generosity. In the particular case of the 2007 workshop, our thanks also must go to the Belgian Foreign Ministry, Egmont, Ghent University, and to the Security and Defence Forum Special Projects Fund of the Canadian Department of National Defence, each of whom contributed financially and materially in significant ways to what we hope was the success of the workshop. The group photograph in this issue of the newsletter identifies the fourteen outstanding participants, so they will not be listed separately here. Over the course of 12 days the group visited and listened to speakers from the European Parliament and the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brussels, and the Bruges-based UNU Program on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), as well as being addressed at Ghent University by Hon. Ambassador Alex Reyn (former Belgian Permanent Representative to the UN and former Ambassador to the United States), Professor Dr. Jan Wouters of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Edith Drieskens of Leuven University and Dr. Thierry Tardy of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. As an integral component of the workshop, each participant also researched and presented on a topic of their choice and in the process of doing so exchanged a wide variety of experiences and views at times reasonably described as vigorous although always constructive and friendly. As usual, we do not attempt to draw the participants various presentations together into a single publication. For some, public presentation of their ideas would limit their freedom to exchange frank views and opinions within the workshop, while for others the presentations continue to be developed over several months subsequent to the ACUNS program. However, we do encourage those who are interested in volunteering, to submit any copies of their projects to the ACUNS Secretariat in order to make them available through our website; and as new ACUNS members, they can be contacted through us by other Council members who might be interested in developing exchanges of ideas. z 2008 ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on international organization studies u n i v e r s i t y o f L J u b l j a n a, S l o v e n i a 2 3 j u l y - 2 A u g u s t, Building the Knowledge Base for Global Governance Details and application form in the next newsletter, and will be posted on the ACUNS web site, by early January

7 The UN and Regional Organizations: Partners for Peace and Security ACUNS-ASIL 2007 Summer Workshop Ghent, Belgium 24 July to 4 August 2007 In Attendance: ACUNS 2007 Summer Workshop Co-Directors: Alistair Edgar, ACUNS/Wilfrid Laurier University Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute Participants: (alphabetical order) Jorge Ramon Araya Araya, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights-Guatemala Kerstin Bihlmaier, United Nations, Department of Disarmament Affairs Christian Büger, European University Institute Emanuela Calabrini, United Nations, DAW/DESA Galia Glume, University of Ghent Sherry Holbrook, Legal Officer, Treaty Section, UN Office of Legal Affairs Sarah Hucsko, Administration, Communications and Program Development, ACUNS Tomoko Iwata, United Nations Mika Kanervavuori, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Mutoy Mubiala, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Rosalia Panarello, Government of Canada Jean-Marc Rickli, University of Oxford Thomas Schindlmayr, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Arturo Sotomayor, CIDE-Division of International Affairs Zoltán Turbék, Erasmus University Rotterdam, School of Law ACUNS Secretariat Staff Alistair Edgar, Executive Director Sarah Hucsko, Administration, Communications and Program Development Informational Memorandum Is published four times a year (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) by the Academic Council on the United Nations System. It is distributed to ACUNS members as part of their membership. All inquiries should be directed to: Attention: Sarah Hucsko ACUNS Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue, West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Telephone: (519) , ext Fax: (519) shucsko@wlu.ca Website: 7

8 N o t e s f r o m t h e E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r STAYI NG on topic: D r. A l i s t a i r E d g a r, A C U N S a penny for our thoughts at the secretariat supporting the projects and people that support our purpose A s t h e e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r of ACUNS I am, of course, focused almost exclusively in my journal readings on our own excellent Global Governance and I will have some more ED s Notes to give you about the GG journal later in this commentary. However, just briefly and admitting to some blatant self-promotion, I wanted to give a little space here to mention the latest (Summer 2007) issue of International Journal, for which I was one of two guest editors. This latest issue, entitled What Kind of Security? Afghanistan and Beyond, includes articles by ACUNS members Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis, Oliver Richmond, Michael Pugh, Thierry Tardy, and several others, and offers a variety of perspectives on the content and the practice of security. Other ACUNS members with work featured in the journal issue, on different topics, include Michael Lipson and Walter Dorn. The journal is published by the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, recently renamed the Canadian International Council. Now back to more direct ACUNS business, and Global Governance. Our support from the UN University for GG over the past several years has been a critical contribution to the journal s strength and success, but cuts made by the Government of Japan to the UNU budget in Tokyo unfortunately led to the ending of the subvention this July. We are in the midst of discussions about the possibility of reinstating the subvention after a careful review of its merits, and we hope that this will take place. In the meantime, I wanted to give a public thanks to UNU for the support it has given to us in the past, and also now I want to thank the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that has generously agreed to step into the breach with interim funds for the next year. I will not mention names at the MFA, but the persons there know that I appreciate their help. Thanks also to the Friends of ACUNS endowment, as an additional valuable source of financial support. We are making good progress in our planning and preparations for the 2008 Annual Meeting in Bonn on The UN and the Global Development Architecture, and the 2008 ACUNS- ASIL Summer Workshop in Ljubljana on Building the Knowledge Base for Global Governance. The Call for Papers and the AM08 Registration materials, as well as the SW08 Call for Applications, will come out in the next ACUNS newsletter to be published in late January Before then following the ACUNS Executive Committee meeting on 17 December, we are hoping we will have all of these notices available on our website. As soon as they are drafted and approved, we will post them and send out a general notification to all ACUNS members that they are available. Following on from some of the discussions that took place at the AM07 at the Ralph Bunche Institute in New York, I am pleased to report that two research projects organized by ACUNS members which were presented as workshop panels in New York - are making headway. Davis Brown s Just War Theory project has attracted a dedicated research group of international scholars and is seeking financial support from foundations and other institutions, with help from the ACUNS secretariat. Henricke Paepcke and Julia Harfensteller s discussion group on the Next UN Generation has engaged a number of ACUNS scholars and practitioners, and will be part of a fascinating international real-virtual colloquium being organized and hosted on 16 November by WWEDU, the World Wide Education, Academic Distance-Learning College at the Kraftwerkcenter in Wels, Austria. Dr. Michael Platzer has been instrumental in arranging this event with the UN Association in Austria, supported by the UN Information Service Vienna and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture; in addition the German UN Association, and Deutsche Welle Media Services are among the cooperating partners alongside ACUNS. A goal of the ACUNS secretariat, and a recommendation of the Lee Gordenker review and report delivered at the AM07, is to build a vigorous base of research programs and to enhance our engagement in projects of this nature. Although we still work under the limitations of a small discretionary programming budget for events outside of our core activities of the annual meeting and summer workshop it has been very rewarding to see these efforts taking shape and we really hope to see them become fully supported in the next several months. Foundation officers, philanthropists and interested government representatives, please note! Last but not least, a reminder about your ACUNS membership renewals. We have been applying the policy of pruning members whose memberships have lapsed, rather than keeping them on the rolls and extending our period of friendly reminders beyond one quarter. So, for example some of the names of other contributors to the IJ journal include pruned ACUNS members I will not identify them here, but I hope that they return to the ACUNS fold soon. Please renew your membership with us in good time, continue to enjoy the UNU- and then the Norwegian-sponsored issues of Global Governance, and always feel free to send in your contributions (written material for this newsletter, sample publications for review, as well as any donations) to the ACUNS secretariat. z Alistair Edgar is Executive Director of ACUNS Secretariat, currently located at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 8

9 C A L L F O R S U B M I S S I O N S Corporate Social Responsibility Ansted University publication to explore the interdisciplinary nature and implications of Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Social responsibility has implications not just for us as individuals but also as members of communities and society at large. The concept also needs however to apply to organisations such as corporations and governments. Sadly this is often more apparent by its absence than by anything else. Much of our faculty members writing has been concerned with the consequences of this absence and with fostering a debate about how this might be changed. Education is one way to bring about change and this is central to the purpose of the university, and the principal reason for a few hundred academicians, scientists, researchers, scholars and companies from various countries involvement. Another potential way to bring about change however is through an engagement in scholarly debate, involving as many people from as many different backgrounds as possible. The objectives of calling writers to contribute papers/articles in relation to our Corporate Social Responsibility aspects proposal are threefold: Ansted University is inviting submission of Articles, Case Studies, research papers, SR reporting and comments in relation to the Corporate Social Responsibility or Social Responsibility Practice aspects to be included in the forth coming CSR publication. All CSR awards winners or CSR practising Companies as well as experts in this field are welcome. A n s t e d U n i v e r s i t y strives to earn international prominence as a university of special distinction through its integration of teaching, research and service to society. It is deeply committed to the creative understanding of nature and human society as an essential element of the learning process. From our University Founding members perspective, one of the main aspects of human society is that of citizenship of our global community and that citizenship implies a sense of social responsibility and a putting back into the community at least as much as is taken out. Social responsibility has many meanings and many implications for individuals, organisations, society and the broader environment. One objective therefore is to engage in a scholarly debate about the meaning and implications of this concept with as wide a set of people as possible throughout the world. Part of the reputation of a university is established through its research and contribution to the global community. In particular a university has an obligation to make its position known on important issues of principle such as our concern with cultural and personal values. A second objective therefore is to establish Ansted s position with respect to both research and social values. Absolutely central to any university is the quality of its teaching and the way, through this, that it equips its students with the skills and abilities to take their place in the leadership of the global community. Exposure to scholarly debate, particularly when originating from within their own university, is vital to this aim. Indeed it has been clearly demonstrated that a research active scholarly community is also a vibrant teaching and learning community. The third objective therefore is to enhance the quality of the learning experience for global society at large. Our Corporate Social Responsibility publication is interdisciplinary in scope and encourages submission from any discipline or any part of the world which addresses any element of the aims of the journal. It encompasses the full range of theoretical, methodological or substantive debates in this area. It particularly welcomes contributions which address the links between different disciplines and / or implications for societal, organisational or individual behaviour. Issues and themes which might be addressed include: Corporate activity and behaviour Issues of gender, race and ethnicity Ethics and morality Ecology and environment Governmental and trans-governmental regulation Individuals, lifestyle and citizenship Consumption and its consequences Organisation and its alternatives The CSR book publishes theoretical and empirical papers, speculative essays and review articles. Occasionally themed issues, under the guidance of a guest editor, will be published. Articles for consideration should be written in English and should not have been published nor be currently under review elsewhere. The CSR book will however consider papers which have been published elsewhere in a language other than English if they are submitted with an English translation, for publication in English. Submissions: Submission by is strongly encouraged to Ansted University, Faculty of Corporate Social Responsibility at info@ansteduniversity.org or bnhaw@tm.net.my. If submission is not possible then please send 3 copies of your submission to: Professor Roger Haw, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, Founder cum Chairman of Ansted Social Responsibility International Awards (ASRIA), Ansted University Asia Regional Service Center, P.O. Box 1067, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: NOTE: For those can come to attend our forth coming ANSTED UNIVERSITY & ASRIA AWARDS PRESENTATION CEREMONY EVENTS to be held on 4th to 8th December 2007 in Penang, Malaysia we will be giving away a set of complimentary CSR book to each participant worth around US$ Kindly register before end of October For more details information do write to bnhaw@tm.net.my Although the deadline has now passed interested ACUNS members can contact Roger Haw at: bnhaw@tm.net.my 9

10 M e m b e r P u b l i c a t i o n s Please note: Submissions of books for inclusion in the ACUNS Newsletter should be for publications no earlier than The EU and the European Security Strategy Forging a Global Europe Edited by Sven Biscop, Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium and Jan Joel Andersson, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden Routledge, June ISBN: pages, hardback: The G8 System and the G20 Evolution, Role and Documentation Peter I. Hajnal Ashgate, ISBN: pages, hardback: US$99.95/ Abstract: This book discusses the origins, characteristics, evolution, role and agenda of the G7 and G8 system, surveys its components, and introduces the major debates and questions about the G7 and G8. It reviews changes that have occurred over 32 years in G8 membership, agenda, modus operandi, and outreach to non-g8 countries, international organizations and non-state actors (business and civil society). It then examines proposals to reform the G7/G8 and the G20; and provides a detailed study of the complex, elusive and changing patterns of documentation of the broader G7 and G8 system and the G20, describing as well the official archives and other sources of information on the G7 and G8. Contents: Foreword, Sir Nicholas Bayne; Preface; Introduction; Origins of the G7 summit; The summit meetings; The players: members, potential members, and unofficial associates; The G7 and G8 summit agenda; The G7 and G8 system; G7 and G8 relations with international organizations; G7 and G8 relations with the business sector; The role of civil society; Evaluating the summits; The G20 and its documentation; Reform of the G7, G8 and G20; Documentation of the summits; Documentation of ministerial fora, task forces, working groups and expert groups; Other sources of information about the G7 and G8 system and the G20; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. This is the first book to analyze the EU as an international actor through the perspective of the European Security Strategy (ESS), now the reference framework to judge all of the EU s external actions. Covering both the concepts underlying the ESS and its implementation, it offers a comprehensive vision of how the EU can achieve the ambitious objectives of the ESS and become an effective global actor. The authors examine the long-term impact of the ambitious global agenda set by the ESS from humanitarian aid, development co-operation and trade, to the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the European Security and Defence Policy. The chapters address the conceptual basis of the ESS, putting it in a clear context of the post-cold War environment, analyzing its own assessment of the security environment. The book also examines each ESS objective in detail: effective multilateralism at the global level a secure neighbourhood an effective military capacity establishing strategic partnerships increasing the coherence of EU external action. Contents Introduction, Sven Biscop and Jan Joel Andersson The European Security Strategy in Context: A Comprehensive Trend, Sven Biscop The European Security Strategy and Threats: Is Europe Secure?, Jean-Yves Haine The European Security Strategy s Global Objective: Effective Multilateralism, Richard Gowan The European Security Strategy s Regional Objective: Neighbourhood Policy, Roland Dannreuther The European Security Strategy and Military Capacity: The First Significant Steps, Jolyon Howorth The European Security Strategy and the Partners, Roberto Menotti and Maria Francesca Vencato The European Security Strategy and the Continuing Search for Coherence, Jan Joel Andersson The European Security Strategy and the United States: The Past as Prologue, Catherine Kelleher Conclusion, Jan Joel Andersson and Sven Biscop For further information or to order a copy please visit: 10

11 A W A R D S friends of ACUNS 2008 book Award A C U N S $1,000 award for best recent book The Friends of ACUNS, an endowment fund established to support ACUNS and its activities, is announcing for the third year in a row a $1000 award for the best recent book on the UN. The award will go to the author(s) or editor(s) of the best book that focuses on some aspect of the United Nations and/or the United Nations System. This year s competition is limited to books, not other types of publications. Books published in the last 3 years, since January 2005, are eligible. Authors need not be members of ACUNS. You may nominate your own publication or that of someone else. The award will be given at the ACUNS 2008 Annual Meeting in Bonn, Germany. We are very excited about this award which we hope will highlight outstanding research and writing on the United Nations. We encourage ACUNS members and non-members alike to nominate outstanding works. All submissions will be placed on display at the ACUNS 2008 Annual Meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Jean Krasno at jean.krasno@yale.edu. s u b m i s s i o n s Three copies of the book must be received by March 1, 2008 (note ealier date). An impartial committee of three persons, headed by Jacques Fomerand, will review the publications and make the decision. Publications should be sent c/o: Jean Krasno, Treasurer, Friends of ACUNS, International Security Studies, Yale University, 31 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT Donations to the Friends of ACUNS are very welcome and are tax deductible. Please make checks out to Friends of ACUNS and mail to the above address. THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL ON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 1 2 M o n t h M e m b e r s h i p f o r m o Renewal o New Application Institutional Membership o Institution: (please submit your most recent annual report) Address: (please complete telephone, fax, and at the right) Representatives (four): Fee Schedule Institutional Membership (US $) Annual $ Method of Payment Check Enclosed o Card Number: Mastercard o Expiration Date: Visa o Signature: Individual Membership o Name: Address: Telephone: All members receive a subscription to Global Governance as part of their membership dues. Mail to: ACUNS Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 Fax: Form also may be faxed to: Institutional Affiliation: (if not included in address) Individual Membership (US $) Annual Fee Extended Term $ o (five year) Sponsoring $ o Over $40,000 income $ o Up to $40,000 income $ o Retired Person $ o Student Rate $ o Cheques must be made payable to WLU-ACUNS. IPOs must be payable at Canadian banks. 11

12 A C U N S ACUNS Welcomes its Newest Members New Institutional Members Geneva Centre for Security Policy Peter Foot Pal Sidhu Fred Tanner Thierry Tardy Swiss Management Center Mark Esposito Panayot Gueorguiev Kurt Leube Michael Schmelczer New Individual Members Christopher Ankersen Benn Bongang Aleksandra Chauhan Edwin Egede Christina Kerll Ekusabeth Mullin-Bernhardt Koïchiro Matsuura Sara Nicholls Katia Papagianni Michael Platzer Dex Torricke-Barton ACUNS Secretariat Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3C5 Visit the world at affix postage here 12