For the very first time in its existence, G20 find themselves in a scenario where its very own members were raising problems rather than mitigating them. The West may have just killed the G20.
The date of April 20, 2022, has all the makings of being remembered in the history of modern international relations as the day when the G20, which represents the world's largest economies, abruptly disbanded.
The occurrences in Washington as part of the session – wherein the finance ministers of the 'Big 20,' as the group is known informally – were supposed to look for collaborative responses to the world economy's major challenges – ended up losing their significance midst the grandiose controversy that erupted in the American capital.
Janet Yellen, the US Secretary of the Treasury, and Rishi Sunak, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, indicated right away that they would boycott any G20 gatherings attended by Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. Thus, before it even began, the...