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Canadian Foriegn Policy Journal Vol. 17, No. 2, June 2011, 190–192 Book Review Emerging Powers in Global Governance: Lessons from the Heiligendamm Process, by Andrew F. Cooper and Agata Antkiewicz, Eds., Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008, 368 pp. Gilbert Gagne Department of Political Studies, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Email: ggagne@ubishops.ca # 2011, Gilbert Gagne This book was co-published with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a Canadian think tank in the field of global governance, also based in Waterloo, Ontario. The book deals with the role of big emerging powers in the workings of the G8. The latter is the forum grouping the major industrialized countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the more recently admitted Russia. In G8 parlance, the rising powers discussed in this edited book have been termed either the Out- reach Five (O5) or dialogue partners, while they have preferred being referred to as the G5. Although not officially endorsed, the book favours the B(R)ICSAM terminology, standing for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and Mexico, with the “R” in brackets as Russia is already a G8 member. If the G8 has been considered an effective centre of global governance, it is ill equipped to tackle emerging global problems, such as climate change. To quote Andrew Cooper, the G8 club has been confronted with “an accentuated double crisis of legiti- macy and efficie