G-20

The Global Middle Class Is Bigger Than We Thought

A new way of measuring prosperity has enormous implications for geopolitics and economics.

BY SHIMELSE ALI, URI DADUSH | MAY 16, 2012

The No-Show

What's really behind Vladimir Putin's surprising decision to skip the G-8 summit?

BY DMITRI TRENIN | MAY 11, 2012

The G-20 Is Failing

World leaders said they'd reform the world's financial institutions in the wake of the Great Recession, but they haven't met their commitments. We all may pay the price.

BY EDWIN M. TRUMAN | APRIL 12, 2012

20 Things the G-20 Could Have Done -- But Didn't

As the Cannes caucus begins, here's what would have saved the world economy -- and Barack Obama's job.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Can Trade Save Obama?

Exports are the best thing going for America right now. So why is the president so timid?

BY KATI SUOMINEN | NOVEMBER 1, 2011

How the G-20 Can Prevent a Food Crisis

During the French presidency of the G-20, one of our top priorities is to tackle alarming price hikes in the commodity markets. Here's how we can get the job done.

BY BRUNO LE MAIRE | MARCH 14, 2011

Running the World, After the Crash

Has the era of global cooperation ended before it began?

BY RICHARD SAMANS, KLAUS SCHWAB, MARK MALLOCH-BROWN | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

The Long Currency War

The G-20 summit failed to solve the international currency war -- and it may soon be escalating.

BY KATI SUOMINEN | NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Fool's Gold

Why the idea of a gold standard is best relegated to the dustbin of history.

BY MARK T. WILLIAMS | NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Obama's Asian Tour

Washington may have just gotten a lot less friendly for the president, but he still has plenty of fans in Asia. A look at where he's going, who he's meeting, and what it means.

BY JARED MONDSCHEIN, ANDREW SWIFT | NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Mean Groups

As world leaders depart Pittsburgh, Foreign Policy explains how the G-20 came about and how the G-8 became obsolete.

BY ANNIE LOWREY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Leaders' Statement: The Pittsburgh Summit

Statement by the G-20 leaders in Pittsburgh.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009