When the G8 major economies convened at Camp David last weekend, the continuing crisis of the euro, common currency of 17 European Union (EU) members, dominated the economic discussions. The agonies of Greece, badly divided in recent parliamentary elections, and forced to vote again on 17 June, were at the forefront.

For several weeks now it’s been clear that Putin won’t attend this month’s NATO summit in Chicago. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently spoke with Russia’s new/old president and explained that it’s “not possible and not practical” for Putin to participate because of his “busy domestic calendar.”

Are Washington and Russia growing apart? If so, what is causing the rift?

The G8 summit was momentous. Its headlines managed to compete with the terrorist attack in London, andof thefew concrete agreements made, most were a triumph for U.S. diplomacy.

In the lead-up to the 2011 Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France on Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27, the following AEI scholars will be available to comment on the G8's specific agenda items.

The Marshall Plan's role in the economic recovery of Europe after World War II is often invoked as indisputable proof that foreign aid works. In 2005, while serving as chancellor of the exchequer, British prime minister Gordon Brown called for "a new deal between developed and developing countries as bold...

Reportingfrom the African Union's meeting in London days before the G-8 Conference.

As the G-8 negotiations enter their final phase there appears to be no deal on agricultural subsidies or climate change; France's proposalsarepotentially disastrous for global economies.