Commentary by Robert Yates, Executive Director of the Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House. Originally published on IAI's website. Global health is often on the agenda of G20 leaders and given the breadth of this vast topic it is usually a challenge for the annual Presidency to propose priority themes and policies. Should the focus [...]
Commentary by Rose Ngugi, KIPPRA Executive Director and Co-Chair of Task Force 8 Originally published on ISPI's website.
The next months will be crucial for the T20 think tank community to produce policy recommendations in view of the Italian G20 Summit in October. This series of T20-associated events (closed-door and public Roundtables) is intended as an occasion to broaden participation in the T20 by adding new voices of international experts, civil servants, and [...]
Commentary by Anabel González, Co-Chair of TF3. Originally published on IAI's website. Amid a devastating pandemic, economic turmoil and political upheaval, international economic collaboration has unravelled. The world needs 2021 to be a turning point. Under the presidency of Italy, G20 countries have the opportunity to come together and craft a collective trade and investment [...]
Commentary by Geert Laporte and Vera Mazzara, European Think Tanks Group (ETTG). Originally published on IAI - Istituto Affari Internazionali's website. Italy holds the G20 presidency at a crucial moment when the world is confronted with the worst global pandemic in the past century. The economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis has had [...]
Commentary by José Siaba Serrate, TF9 Co-Chair. Originally published on ISPI's website Multilateralism was in crisis well before the Covid-19 pandemic brought the global economy to its knees. And not even the Great Depression (1929-1932) created the incredibly deep, instant mess the world suffered in QII 2020 as all of a sudden, lockdown became the top [...]
