When autocrats and thugs run the world: the G20 a decade on

The G20 of today has been thrown into chaos, with the consensus-building imperative at the heart of these summits pushed aside by Donald Trump’s one-man show.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 29. During the two-day event, Trump’s disturbing attraction to autocrats, oppressive dictators and right-wing strongmen was on full display, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 3, 2019

OTTAWA—Paul Martin helped create the G20 Group of Nations back in the early 2000s in response to the notion that the G7—made up of major Western countries and Japan—had too narrow a focus in a rapidly changing world where developing nations were gaining increasing importance. But the first me...

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