G20: Lessons from Bali summit and what it implies for India's presidency

India takes on the presidency at a crucial juncture, and the definitions of "success" for the Indian presidency just got updated

What can we learn from the recently concluded summit of the Group of 20 nations in Bali, Indonesia? And what does it imply for the success or otherwise of India’s presidency of the G-20 grouping over the next year?
 

The first and most important achievement of the Bali summit was something that might be taken for granted in most other years: the release of a joint communique. Getting 20 leaders to sign up to one document in today’s sharply divided world is in itself remarkable.
 

Yet this success was not achieved in a vacuum. Indonesian President Joko Widodo staked his