India, Nov. 30 -- The G20 Summit in Johannesburg took place on November 22-23, under the shadow of huge global geopolitical churning and a potential collapse of multilateral decision-making.

For one, there was a threat of the summit becoming a non-event due to the boycott of the US and its attempt to discredit South Africa by accusing the host country that suffered apartheid at the hands of the white Afrikaners till 1994, of committing "white genocide" against the Afrikaners! Further, the South African presidency wanted the first "African" G20 summit to focus on development issues of Africa as well Global South, especially debt sustainability, finance for just energy transitions, disaster resilience and use of critical minerals for Afric...