{"id":1170,"date":"2005-07-06T11:09:53","date_gmt":"2005-07-06T18:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2005\/07\/ez_gwhiz_g8_stuff\/"},"modified":"2005-07-06T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2005-07-06T18:09:53","slug":"ez_gwhiz_g8_stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/07\/ez_gwhiz_g8_stuff.html","title":{"rendered":"E-Z G-WHIZ G-8 STUFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/story\/world\/national\/2005\/07\/06\/g8-violence050706.html\" class=inline target=new\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/story\/world\/national\/2005\/07\/06\/g8-violence050706.html\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/gfx\/pix\/g8_cp_8011435.jpg\" width=140 align=left border=0\/><\/a> The G-8 summit began today in Scotland as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/story\/world\/national\/2005\/07\/06\/g8-violence050706.html\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>thousands of demonstrators<\/strong><\/font><\/a> demanded an end to the Iraq war, debt relief for Africa, and action on global warming. So <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/pub8232\/esther_pan\/cfr_background_qampa_the_g8_summit_agenda.php\" class=inline target=new\"><STRONG><font color=#003399>what&#8217;s on the G-8 agenda<\/strong><\/font><\/a>? Brief yourself.<br \/>\nThese are the key questions:<br \/>\n&#8226; Why did Blair choose to focus on climate change?<br \/>\n&#8226; What is the Bush administration&#8217;s position on the issue?<br \/>\n&#8226; Is progress on this issue likely at the summit?<br \/>\n&#8226; What is the debate over aid to Africa?<br \/>\n&#8226; What is the Bush approach?<br \/>\n&#8226; Are the two issues of Africa aid and climate change intertwined?<br \/>\n&#8226; Which other issues are under discussion at the summit?<br \/>\nOn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/pub8167\/lionel_beehner\/africa_debtrelief_proposals.php\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>debt relief for Africa<\/strong><\/font><\/a>, these are the key questions:<br \/>\n&#8226; What are the current plans?<br \/>\n&#8226; What exactly does Blair&#8217;s plan call for?<br \/>\n&#8226; How would the financing mechanism (known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk\/documents\/international_issues\/int_gnd_intfinance.cfm\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>International Finance Facility<\/strong><\/font><\/a>) work?<br \/>\n&#8226; What are the U.S. objections to the IFF?<br \/>\n&#8226; What has been the Bush administration&#8217;s approach to aid (known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mca.gov\/\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>Millenium Challenge Account<\/strong><\/font><\/a>)?<br \/>\n&#8226; What do critics say about the Millennium Challenge?<br \/>\n&#8226; What are some other common criticisms of U.S. aid policy?<br \/>\n&#8226; What&#8217;s the official U.S. policy on debt relief?<br \/>\n&#8226; Which other ideas to finance debt relief are being floated?<br \/>\nThe latest report is that the goals for relieving poverty and combatting global warming have already been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/07\/06\/AR2005070600244.html\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>scaled back<\/strong><\/font><\/a>. As to ending the Iraq war, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/commentary\/20050705-092305-4372r.htm\" class=inline target=new\"><strong><font color=#003399>fat chance<\/strong><\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thousands of demonstrators demanded an end to the Iraq war, debt relief for Africa, and action on global warming. So debt relief for Africa, these are the key questions: &#8226; What are the current plans? &#8226; What exactly does Blair&#8217;s plan call for? &#8226; How would the financing mechanism (known as the Millenium Challenge Account)? 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