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The G20 tightrope

India navigated political minefields to show great economic leadership to make progress on the G20's core mandate

A view of the Bharat Mandapam, where Session 1 of the G20 Summit is being held, in New Delhi on Saturday.
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A leaders’ declaration was released a day earlier than expected! This was the fruit of hard diplomatic grafting by the Sherpas and finance ministries, but also considerable high-level political work

Rathin Roy
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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