International Organisations Research Institute (IORI), based within the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, studies the role of the international institutions and regimes, regional organisations and alliances in governing the global economic, social and political processes. It focuses on the G8 and its role in performing the functions of collective governance and reconciling domestic and international pressures, the modes and tools of G8 – international multilateral institutions (WTO, World Bank, OECD) interaction in the emerging multi-level governance system.