The G8 Summit 2014 in Sochi. Perspectives after Situation in Ukraine

... Director, US My basic answer: "As someone working in the White House at the creation of the G8, I think we may have just seen it's ending. The chances of cancellation are very high. And I do not think western leaders will travel to Sochi unless Russia decides to categorically reject the annexation of Crimea. It is a shame. The creation of the G8 was an innovative way of helping bring Russia into the community of industrial democracies. That experiment seems to have failed." Steven Pifer ...