Articles
Response to “Towards Reconstitution of the G20”
Prof. Gala Díaz Langou
Dennis Snower's provocation does something rare in policy discourse: it brings genuine theoretical rigour to an institutional problem that most analysts treat as purely technical. The multilevel paradigm, the polycentric framing, the critique of communiqué diplomacy reflect a serious attempt to match the complexity of the moment with an equivalently complex analytical framework. This is especially relevant if we consider that the G20's crisis is not primarily organisational, but it is conceptual. Conceptual crises require conceptual tools.
Why the G20 should remain Indispensable for Global Economic Governance and What innovative leadership changes are needed to become a more effective forum?
Prof. Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
The global economic landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift sin 2008, when the financial crisis hit the world. As the traditional post-WWII architecture struggles to address 21st-century complexities—ranging from climate-induced financial risks to the digital divide—the Group of Twenty (G20) has emerged as the preeminent forum for navigating this "polycrisis."
Reworlding of the World in Distress
Prof. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Dennis J. Snower’s “Towards Reconstitution of the G20” is timely, provocative, and daring to invent the future. It is timely because it confronts a civilizational crisis, the breakdown of a world system, and the implosion of a global normative order. Yes, that order has been global, but it has never been universal. It has been Euro-North American centric and has remained so.