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  • 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
  • 9 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    The G20 can help women enter the global economy

    Hannah Wurf
  • 9 Feb 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy

    Do multinational corporations pay all the tax they should?

    Mike Callaghan
  • 8 Dec 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Foreign Policy

    G20 Brisbane Summit: Australia's adolescence on show

    Peter Hartcher
  • 1 Dec 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    China's G20 year will raise human rights concerns

    Hugh Jorgensen
  • 1 Dec 2014
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance

    Financial stability: Did the G20 go far enough?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 15 Nov 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    A G20 watcher in Brisbane

    Hugh Jorgensen
  • 15 Nov 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Weekend catch-up: A G20 special

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 12 Nov 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Is the Global Infrastructure Hub more than a G20 legacy monument?

  • 3 Nov 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Multilateral Institutions

    Will the G20 address inequality at the Brisbane summit?

    Hugh Jorgensen
  • 24 Oct 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20

    G20 links: Tax mandates, WTO, protests in Brisbane, climate change and more

    Tristram Sainsbury
  • 20 Oct 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Global Economic Governance
    • WTO

    The WTO is in big trouble

    Mike Callaghan
    The World Trade Organisation director Roberto Azevedo says the institution has descended into 'paralysis'.
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