The upcoming G20 summit will be very different from its predecessors.
It will be held in India and chaired by the rising star of global geopolitics: the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It will feature a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the main summit.
Those who attend the New Delhi summit on 9 September could potentially witness a historic event — one that could prove to be a moment of great global significance. They could be part of the process of building a new world order.
It comes amid fierce competition between China and the United States to weave alliances and shape a new international structure that will replace the one set up after World War II, dominated by Washington since the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Ahead of the summit, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have been mobilising their respective allies and partners in the international arena and regional blocs.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is preoccupied with his war in Ukraine and the fallout from the mutiny against him carried out by the commander of the Wagner Group mercenary forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Modi, meanwhile, is carefully and strategically weighing offers coming from the leaders of the world’s three major countries.
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