On June 28-29, 2019, delegations from the member states of the Group of Twenty (G20) convened in Osaka, Japan, for their annual summit amidst heightened tensions between various members over tariffs, territorial disputes, accusations of meddling in domestic elections, and the United States’ unilateral efforts to dissolve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran. Bilateral and multilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event included meetings of the BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), three corners of the Indo-Pacific Quad (India, Japan, and the United States), as well as much-anticipated bilateral meetings between China and the US, Russia and the US, and Russia and Japan. In this RPI Policy Alert, we review the Rising Powers’ scorecards from this year’s G20 Summit. Read the full Policy Alert here.
