Bellona Archive

The Group of Eight industrialized nations’ (G-8) Global Partnership plan was conceived during the 2002 Kananaskis G-8 summit with the intention of drawing in more funding for nuclear security projects in Russia. G-8 nations pledges $20 billion dollars over the 20 years beginning in 1992, with the US pledging $10 and the remaining G-8 nations―Japan, Russia, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada―pledging the remaining $10 billion. Though many countries have donated in the name of the G-8 plan, is it difficult to distinguish whether some member nations are donating fresh funds or are donating retroactively, taking into account nuclear security funding the sent Russia prior to the Global Partnership’s creation.