STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT. The G20 Summit is being held in Bali from Nov. 15 to 16. Seventeen leaders and one regional organization will attend the G20 summit, including China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. Meanwhile Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky are not attend. Indonesia’s President has said he has a “strong impression” that Vladimir Putin will not attend next week’s summit of G20 leaders in Bali, the first meeting of the world’s largest economies since the Russian President launched his full-scale war against Ukraine. The suggestion from Jokowi, who will host the summit, comes after the United States rejected an offer by Indonesian officials to arrange a bilateral meeting between Putin and U.S. president Joe Biden at the event, a senior U.S. official said last month.
G-20 summit in Nusa Dua Bali feels like the first global summit of a second cold war, eventhough some of global strategic problems are running such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February and all of these impacts, the surge in US-China tensions that followed the visit by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, to Taiwan in August, rising tensions between China and the United States, political and government instability triggering by volatile global economic conditions in Peru, Greece, Ghana, South Sudah, COVID-19, the outbreak of a war and intensifying rivalries between nations, global economic downturn, the resulting global food and energy crisis, geopolitical rivalries and other disagreements. “We’re very worried about escalating tensions between the major powers.” The world is now on the brink of economic, military and security disasters, and World War III is on our doorsteps. Bali provides a favorable atmosphere to discuss, among others, a graceful exit to the Ukraine war, the simmering tension on the Taiwan Strait, and the Korean Peninsula crisis.
Indonesia’s ability to invite the G20 heads of state to work together to solve humanitarian issues is crucial. Indonesian people, and global citizens, hope the leaders refrain from using the precious moments during the summit simply as opportunities to criticize and attack one another.
The successful of G-20 summit will make more stronger Indonesia’s role because as long as the partners’ trust in Indonesia reflects Indonesia’s current position in international affairs and Indonesia is at the pinnacle of world leadership; Indonesia has been given a major mandate and is capable of carrying it out to build up global trust.
Because of that, it is very important to collaborate and look toward the future with hope and all of the G20 leaders will work and negotiate all of the problems during G-20 summit to achive global conduciveness. If the leaders, or some of them, are not willing or unable to work together to address the world’s economic and security conundrum, at least they can lower their ego so as not to worsen the suffering of many people across the globe. Indonesia has and will continue to seek every path to ensure that the G20 Summit brings about good and concrete actions to address the world’s challenges.
Now, several challenges also present an opportunity for the world. These various crises have made the world realize the importance of health, energy, the digital economy, and the food ecosystem, all of which have captured the world’s utmost attention in multilateral discussions. They might result in a more resilient, fair, and equitable ecosystem for all nations.
Indonesia’s hope
Indonesia is using the G20 summit next week to power through deals ranging from infrastructure to carbon trading that spotlights its ambitions as a Southeast Asian economic powerhouse. Much is at stake for President Jokowi, who is targeting $89 billion in investments next year while pushing ahead with a $34 billion new capital in Borneo. All these plans need funding and support from wealthier, developed nations.
Now, geopolitical tensions rise around the world, the Indonesian presidency is trying to bring back the G20 as a platform to solve global problems. At the G20 Summit in Bali, the leaders of the G20 member countries are expected to put aside their differences and agree on a way to solve the many problems facing the world. Last but not least, the G20 will struggle to reach an agreement on a final communique, with sherpas still wrangling over many points including wording on the Ukraine war.
