India’s G20 presidency is being spun by an insecure ruling elite hankering for foreign approbation as proof that India’s moment as the arbiter of global destiny has arrived. However, the G20 presidency is not about India but, rather, India’s ability to deliver outcomes, building on previous presidencies and handing on a workable legacy to subsequent ones.
India assumed the rotational G20 presidency at a difficult moment. The war in Ukraine continued to cause ruptures, globalisation was unwinding, and little progress was being made on climate and development finance. Expectations were low. India’s obsequious external publicity did not help. North Korea-style, everything
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