As the summer vacation season fizzles out, world leaders face a slew of multilateral summits over the coming month. This week sees the annual top-level meeting of the BRICS group of major non-Western economies in South Africa. On Sept. 9, G20 leaders will hold their yearly conclave in India. International summits, large and small, are of course a well-established feature of international relations. His successor Barack Obama followed this lead, using the G20 as a vehicle to manage economic diplomacy from 2009 onwards.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 22, 2023 12:47 UTC