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Russia’s Ouster From the G8

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  • Stewart M. Patrick
    James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program

Western leaders’ decision to eject Russia from the Group of Eight (G8) is the most visible diplomatic response to date to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea from the Ukraine. Here I highlight three things to know about the response and its likely consequences.