G20 has a Russia-Ukraine problem as India takes up presidency next year

The war has cleaved the group, stalling much of the preparatory work on more substantive issues

The controversy involving India hosting the G20 summit in Kashmir in 2023 is one of the issues deflecting attention from the critical importance of the meet scheduled for November in Bali. This one will take place in the middle of the worst supply shock the world has faced in decades, a climate crisis and the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic. Added to that, the Russia-Ukraine war is threatening the institution as it has never done since it was formed 23 years ago in 1999.

The G20 delivers heft because it is the only forum where the heads of