Listen to experts discuss how international financial institutions can work together to mitigate the financial crisis, as well as reforms that could make these organizations more effective.

This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.

Listen to experts remark on what is at stake at the G-20 London summit and outline possible policy options for member countries.

Listen to Steven Dunaway, CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, lay out the argument of his recent Council Special Report and explain why in order for policymakers to tackle today's global economic crisis, they must go beyond bailouts and stimulus packages and focus on one of the crisis's root causes: imbalances between savings and investment in major countries.

Listen to Benn Steil, senior fellow and director of international economics at CFR, discuss his new book, Money, Markets, and Sovereignty, which he coauthored with Manuel Hinds, former finance mininster of El Salvador.

Listen to Roger M. Kubarych, CFR's Henry Kaufman adjunct senior fellow for international economics and finance, discuss the global economic crisis with students as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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Listen to Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for business, enterprise, and regulatory reform for the United Kingdom, discuss the upcoming G20 Summit and the need for countries to work together to avoid protectionism amidst the global financial crisis.

Listen to experts discuss lessons learned from the history of banking and finance that can be applied to the current global financial crisis.

Listen to Matthew J. Slaughter, adjunct senior fellow for business and globalization at CFR, discuss U.S. trade priorities for the next administration as part of CFR's State and Local Officials Conference Call Series.

Learn more about CFR's State and Local Officials Initiative.

Listen to Nobel Laureate in economics, A. Michael Spence, analyze the many policy measures addressing the global crisis.

Listen to Gordon Brown, prime minister of the United Kingdom, speak about the global financial crisis and the need for international cooperation to mitigate its effects.

Listen to CFR experts discuss the financial crisis and its global implications.

Listen to Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discuss the state of the U.S. economy and its implications for the rest of the world with students as part of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series.

Listen to financial experts discuss the geopolitical implications of international sovereign wealth funds buying stakes in companies in the United States and elsewhere.

Listen to four experts discuss the falling dollar, examine the potential geopolitical impacts, and explore whether central banks should take active measures to intervene.

Listen to Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez discuss U.S. trade policy toward the Western hemisphere, economic improvements in Latin America, and Cuban-American relations.

Listen to Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, discuss emerging trends in global economic integration and the response of international financial institutions.

Listen to Martin Wolf, associate editor of the Financial Times, discuss how the global financial system has failed.

After over three decades of existence, the Group of Eight (G8) is struggling to defend its relevance amid criticism of its limited membership and lack of a compliance mechanism.