A divided world: G19 + 1

The U.S. retreat from leadership of the West’s liberal multilateralism could open policy space for a new global rulebook.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 8 during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.Bergmann photograph courtesy of the German federal government

Opinion

BY JOHN SINCLAIR

July 12, 2017

The normally dull and technical G20, chaired this year by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, rolled out in Hamburg Friday to the familiar noise of smoke grenades and water cannons at a major anti-globalization street protest. Chancellor Merkel found herself the reluctant de facto leader of the Western...

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