Global World News G20 Summit Proved Naysayers Wrong – And Showed Global South’s Potential To Address World’s Biggest Problems

Africa hosts its first G20 and urges the rich world to do more against climate disasters

World leaders with the Group of 20 rich and developing nations will meet this weekend in Johannesburg for the bloc’s first summit in Africa ... Read More

Trump Officials Are Policing Words and Foiling Deals at G20 Summit

At the annual meeting of the world’s major economic powers, U.S. objections are blocking the usual policy statements, highlighting the president’s distaste for multilateralism — and compromise. Read More

Africa hosts G20 for the first time: what the summit means for global influence

The recurring presence of former U.S. President Donald Trump in discussions about South Africa , and more recently Nigeria, highlights enduring geopolitical tensions and competing visions of influence ... Read More

Trump's decision that the US boycott the G20 summit is 'their loss,' South African president says

South Africa's leader says that U_S_ President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend is “their loss." ... Read More

Was the G20 Summit a Turning Point for the Global South?

Did the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in New Delhi on September 9–10, 2023, break any meaningful new ground? Five perspectives spanning G20 member and nonmember states offer varying perspectives on ... Read More

G20 Summit: a platform to promote India and South Africa’s global economic vision

South Africa will host the first-ever G20 Summit on the African continent in Johannesburg in November, amid unprecedented geopolitical and economic turmoil.The threat by the leader of the most ... Read More

Global Perspectives: G20 Leaders’ Summit

Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of five leading global think tanks sum up the outcomes of ... Read More