G8 summit 2005: power, protest, publicity

China and the G8
Seema Desai says China may join the G8 - then lead further reform of the elite club

Why I don’t trust them, or Sleeping with the enemy
An Anglo-American corporation of politicians and pop stars are trying to patent the language of poverty reduction. But it's not theirs, says Bianca Jagger

The G8 and climate change: a campaigners' scorecard
Was the G8 summit good for the prospects of limiting global climate change? Scientists and campaigners comment on the Gleneagles outcome

The G8 summit: good for Africans?
African and western writers evaluate the deals done at the 2005 G8 summit

Africa's re-development needs: a Nigerian perspective
Nigeria is a west African giant of huge human and economic potential. What must happen to make it real? John Adeleke on seven principles for a brighter future

China and Africa: a new era of "south-south cooperation"
China's energy-hungry economy is driving the country's ambitious Africa strategy. Chris Melville & Olly Owen map the dynamics of a new age of "south-south cooperation"

Making G8 History
Between the submissive pleas of Make Poverty History and the anarchist headbangers of the Black Bloc, is there one message to unite protestors? Tom Burgis reports from the Gleneagles frontline

Brussels' African heartbeat
Belgium's annual, multicultural festival, Couleur Café, reminds Karolin Schaps that Africa is not "there" but "here"

Africans can do it for ourselve
The African challenge is to combine resource management, fair shares, peace and democratic governance, says Kenyan environment minister and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai

African agency vs the aid industry
The western aid industry is a trap that locks Africans into dependency. Africans' diaspora remittance flows is the key to liberation, says Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie

Where is Auchterarder?
The small Scots town that hosts the G8 circus is no stranger to world-historical events; they happen there once every century, writes poet Robin Bell

"Me Tarzan. Me save Africa." Jeffrey Sachs, the G8 and poverty
The leading economist, Jeffrey Sachs's agenda for ending poverty in Africa is shared by Make Poverty History and Live8. Anthony Barnett meets Sachs and examines the politics of protest around the G8 summit

Insider-outsider: the NGO fracture zone
The alliance between Make Poverty History and the global Live8 concerts may seem a formidable challenge to the G8, but Tom Burgis in Edinburgh hears radical NGO campaigners who think the coalition is far too close to power

The ghost of Gleneagles
The G8 leaders should take courage and admit that making polluters pay through the law courts is the simple, straight, if scary solution to global warming, says Myles Allen

Africa, Europe, and carbon credits: a proposal
Richard Burge says Africans can create paths from poverty by earning carbon credits from sustainable forests - if Europe and the G8 would let them

The Battle of Auchterarder
Dominic Hilton meets the locals, admires the views, enjoys the pancakes, is charmed by the schoolgirls, and scopes out the summit environs

The Fence
A steel ribbon surrounds the luxury Gleneagles hotel summit location - and cuts through the countryside next to Robin Bell's cottage. His poem sings back

Auchterarder: a G8 summit visitor’s guide
How to get there? Where to stay? When to break cover? Whether you are protestor or journalist, tourist or secret policeman going to the G8 summit, Carolyn Tan’s local guide tells you what you need to know about its Scottish location

Selling Africa Short
The G8 debt relief plan is far less generous than it looks, says Alex Wilks of the European Network on Debt and Development