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26 Jul 2024
G20

Sustainability

Sex and Gender
Bring women to the table to talk ocean sustainability

Cherry Hitkari , Genevieve Donnellon-May

The upcoming G20 summit in Brazil must focus on what has so far remained neglected – women’s experience of ocean challenges.
2 May 2024
South Korea

Australia

Australia's Economy

Australian trade, investment & economy

G20

Geo-economics

Multilateral Development Banks
Economic diplomacy: It’s nostalgists vs strategists

Greg Earl

As a new Treasurer claims a geo-economic legacy in industrial policy, his predecessor’s once shiny G20 triumph has been dumped.
16 Nov 2023
Debt

G20
The G20’s approach on debt has failed

Mariza Cooray , Robert Walker

The “Common Framework” shows the perils of announcing solutions before governments have them.
20 Oct 2023
India

G20
India’s G20 set new agendas

Ambika Vishwanath , Hritik Bhasin

Bringing the Global South to the table was only one part of a new inclusiveness.
25 Sep 2023
Asean

Indonesia

G20
Indonesia’s long-term geostrategic ambition: What’s missing?

Fakhridho SBP Susilo , Jaysa Rafi Prana

Jakarta’s policymakers need to leverage the country’s soft power to advance its global clout.
18 Sep 2023
G20

BRICS

United Nations
UN General Assembly: Snubs and fragmentation

Stéphanie Fillion

This year’s meeting will be marked by notable absentees, fuelling a sense that the body’s multilateral power is on the wane.
11 Sep 2023
China

India

G20
India pushes China to the margins of the G20

Ian Hall

New multilateral agreements unveiled on the sidelines of the forum show how New Delhi has been working hard to curtail Beijing’s strategic influence.
8 Sep 2023
India

G20
The G20 spectacle and the domestic imperatives of Modi’s global ambitions

Sanya Dhingra

The underlying ideological drivers of Hindu nationalism can also be seen amid the fluttering flags and motorcades.
8 Sep 2023
China

India

G20
Ahead of G20, India-China reconciliation fails to launch

Ankit Tiwari , Sidharth Raimedhi

Beijing’s actions speak louder than words. By failing to turn up in Delhi, Xi sent a clear signal that China has little enthusiasm for stabilising relations.
7 Sep 2023
India

G20
Why India keeps a foot in both camps

Ved Shinde

Great powers might seek to force a choice but India is showcasing its own – to stop China from dominating, and benefit from Western capital.
5 Sep 2023
Bangladesh

G20
Who’s on the guest list? India brings Bangladesh to the G20

Sadia Aktar Korobi

Bangladesh is taking its place as a bridge between South and Southeast Asia.
25 May 2023
Asia

Diplomacy

G20

Global Issues
Economic diplomacy: Taking cover from the summit war of words

Greg Earl

Proliferating regional institutions risk becoming shooting stars, with a long trail of bureaucratic half-lives behind.
24 May 2023
India

G20
A G20 presidency to build Brand India as a champion of the Global South

Parama Sinha Palit

Narendra Modi is aiming to enhance India’s reputation abroad while winning valuable political capital at home.
21 Feb 2023
India

G20
Will India’s G20 deliver more than hot air?

Aarti Betigeri

Big goals are on the table. But matching aims with outcomes is a challenge for any host.
25 Jul 2022
Indonesia

G20
Jokowi adopts a statesman style

Johannes Nugroho

As G20 host, Indonesia’s president is on a drive to burnish his international credentials and win kudos at home.
14 Jun 2022
G20

Sustainability

Indonesia

Climate change

Technology
Hyundai takes the driver’s seat in Indonesia’s EV market

Akhmad Hanan , Budi Prayogo Sunariyanto

With net zero emissions targets looming, Southeast Asia’s biggest car market is setting the pace on electric vehicles.
2 Jun 2022
Australia in the World

Trade

G20

Australia

Indonesia
Economic diplomacy: New Labor ministers are facing up to old issues

Greg Earl

Reshaping policies on the Pacific, Indonesia and domestic manufacturing is already revealing a changing of the guard.
21 Apr 2022
Global Economy

G20

IMF

Russia

Ukraine
Economic diplomacy: After Ukraine, the IMF ponders the future

Greg Earl

A decoupling world will still need an old-style cooperative rescue service to repair the economic minefields.
16 Jul 2021
G20
The G20 “diplomacy dividend”

Erin Watson-Lynn

Civil engagement groups have a valuable commodity at their disposal: time.
27 Nov 2020
G20

Coronavirus
Prospects for a G20 “pandemic treaty”

Erin Watson-Lynn

Spared the “theatre of summitry”, the next leaders of the grouping now have a chance to get on with the job.
17 Nov 2020
G20

Saudi Arabia

Sex and Gender
The G20’s existential crisis

Erin Watson-Lynn

The group’s expanded mandate, including into women’s empowerment, puts its relevance and its values under a microscope.
22 Apr 2020
Global Economy

G20

Coronavirus
Missing in action: The G20 in the Covid crisis

Tom Chodor

The supposed “premier forum” has by and large failed to rise to hopes of a broader mandate.
26 Mar 2020
Asean

G20

Coronavirus
Economic diplomacy: Fighting global pandemics from the G20 to ASEAN

Greg Earl

When the G2 idea still had currency, a pandemic might have seemed a potential moment for US-China cooperation
25 Mar 2020
Global Economy

G20

Coronavirus
What the G20 needs to deliver

Roland Rajah

A global pandemic demands a global “whatever it takes”.
8 Jul 2019
Global Issues

G20

Sustainability
What a waste: the G20 and the plastic problem

Michael Heazle

More plastic waste is choking the world’s oceans yet despite global declarations and commitments, nothing much is done.
1 Jul 2019
Global Economy

G20
Temper our optimism: the message from the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Osaka

Merriden Varrall

Overshadowed by US-China tensions, the shared sense of purpose that formed the G20 has almost entirely dissipated.
25 Jun 2019
Global Economy

G20
Osaka G20: finding the right beat for hard conversation

Mike Callaghan

Summits are too often harshly judged on what they deliver now rather than the agenda set for the future.
20 Jun 2019
Global Economy

Trade

G20
Economic diplomacy: G20 warms up, the China drip and open trade talks

Greg Earl

Could Japan’s Abe Shinzo – yes, Abe Shinzo – use his personal clout to give the flatlining G20 some new direction?
3 Dec 2018
United States

G20

China
Xi and Trump at G20: A tariff truce

Merriden Varrall

The risk of damage to the global economy is just as real as last week.
25 Oct 2018
G20

Australian Diplomacy
Australian energy diplomacy

Christian Downie

Implemented correctly, Australia could achieve some of its foreign policy goals through its energy exports.
17 Apr 2018
Global Economy

G20
Biding time: the G20 Eminent Persons Group on financial governance

Mike Callaghan

The EPG says economic reforms proposed by the G20 are neither radical nor novel.
17 Jul 2017
Europe

G20
The G20 Hamburg riots and the German election

Marcus Colla

The G20 riots in Hamburg have raised a number of pertinent political questions about domestic security and political extremism in Germany.
4 Nov 2016
Global Economy

G20
Gloomy forecasts for economic cooperation in Moscow

Hannah Wurf

The ideas that are gaining traction globally do not bode well for international economic cooperation.
30 Sep 2016
G20

Multilateral Institutions
The G20 Studies Centre draws to a close

Michael Fullilove
9 Sep 2016
Global Economy

G20

Global Economic Governance
If you want my opinion...

Tristram Sainsbury
6 Sep 2016
G20
Hangzhou G20 summit: Big on spectacle, low on substance

Tristram Sainsbury
19 May 2016
Global Economy

G20
Checking in on China's G20 presidency

Hannah Wurf
29 Feb 2016
Global Economy

G20
G20 update: Finance ministers disappoint but China's leadership shows promise

Tristram Sainsbury
26 Nov 2015
Global Economy

G20

IMF

WTO
Decoding China's GOOD approach to the G20

Hannah Wurf
17 Nov 2015
Global Economy

G20
Paris attacks cast a shadow over 2015 G20 Summit
9 Nov 2015
Global Economy

G20
What do G20 leaders need to focus on to make Antalya a success?

Tristram Sainsbury
29 Oct 2015
Global Economy

G20
Meeting fatigue? G20 needs to guard its brand

Tristram Sainsbury
14 Oct 2015
Global Economy

G20
At last, progress on tax: OECD and G20 tackle the revenue challenge

Tristram Sainsbury
7 Oct 2015
Global Economy

G20

Sustainability

Climate change
G20 lacking ambition on climate change

Tristram Sainsbury
1 Oct 2015
Global Issues

Global Economy

Syria

G20

Global Economic Governance

Multilateral Institutions

Migration
Syrian refugee crisis: Time for the G20 to step up
11 Sep 2015
Global Issues

Global Economy

G20

Global Economic Governance

Multilateral Institutions
Can the W20 influence the G20 to unlock opportunities for women?

Hannah Wurf
12 May 2015
Global Issues

Global Economy

Asia and Pacific

Australian Perspective

The Asia Pacific's Economies

G20

Country And Regional Studies

Global Economic Governance

Multilateral Institutions
What the G20 can do about infrastructure

Stephen Grenville
11 May 2015
Global Economy

Australian Perspective

G20

Sustainability

Global Economic Governance

Resource security

Climate change
Is the G20 getting serious about climate change?

Hannah Wurf
13 Apr 2015
Global Issues

Global Economy

Australian Perspective

G20

Global Economic Governance

Australian trade, investment & economy

Multilateral Institutions
Why a 'Google tax' is not the answer to corporate tax avoidance

Mike Callaghan
9 Apr 2015
Global Issues

Global Economy

Australian Perspective

G20

Sustainability

Global Economic Governance

Multilateral Institutions

IMF

Climate change
Inclusive growth should not be the G20's game

Leon Berkelmans