Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Introduction, Arguments and Conclusions -- Part II Multilateral Organizationsand the G8: Academic Analyses -- 2 Multilateral Organizations and G8 Governance: A Framework for Analysis -- 3 The New Partnership between Multilateral Organizations and the G8 -- 4 Financial Crises, the International Monetary Fund and the G8 -- 5 Finance and Development Compliance in the G8: The IMF and World Bank Role -- Part III Multilateral Organizations and the G8: Practitioners' Perspectives -- 6 Finance, Macroeconomics and the Multilateral Organization-G8 Connection -- 7 Development, the Commonwealth and the G8 -- 8 Trade, the World Trade Organization and the Doha Development Agenda -- Part IV The St. Petersburg Priorities: Energy, Education, Information and Health -- 9 Energy Security and Sustainable Development: The WTO and the Energy Charter Treaty -- 10 Energy Security: Russia, the European Union and the G8 -- 11 Energy Security: The International Energy Agency and the G8 -- 12 Education, the G8 and UNESCO -- 13 Information and Communication: G8 Institutionalization and Compliance in the DOT Force -- 14 Health Compliance in the G8 and APEC: The World Health Organization's Role -- Part V The G8's St. Petersburg Summit and Beyond -- 15 The G8 at St. Petersburg and Beyond -- 16 The 2006 St. Petersburg G8 Summit: Conclusions and Critiques -- Appendices -- Index.