FP This Week: Inside the G-20 Summit

Plus, can Qatar save its World Cup legacy? [Foreign Policy This Week]( November 21, 2022 | [View in browser]( To access all the benefits of an FP subscription, [sign in]( or [subscribe](. Thanks for reading. Most everyone had low expectations of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, last week. After all, 2022 has been a year defined by war, not diplomacy. But FP columnist Adam Tooze says it’s time to admit the meeting of world leaders [defied expectations]( Another FP columnist, Matthew Kroenig, was actually at the leaders’ dinner, close enough to the action to walk over and tap Chinese President Xi Jinping on the shoulder. (He didn’t.) But you can read his take on the summit and what was achieved in this [FP Live conversation]( with FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal, along with Edward Alden and Lynn Kuok. And what about the much-publicized Biden-Xi meeting? Despite some palpable good vibes on display, FP columnist Howard W. French [warns us]( not to buy into the hype. “China and the United States seem to be on a collision course over the future of Taiwan, and the recent smiles and handshakes have done little to change that,” he writes. FP’s James Palmer echoed this sentiment in last week’s [China Brief]( Editors P.S. FP This Week will skip next week and return on Monday, Dec. 5. Image credit: Doug Mills/Pool via Getty Images --------------------------------------------------------------- New and Noteworthy - The World’s Game: FP’s contributors answered geopolitical questions surrounding international soccer, such as why China and Turkey haven’t qualified for the World Cup in two decades despite the influential backing of their leaders. And can Qatar save its World Cup legacy? [Read “The Geopolitics of the World Cup.”]( - Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy: Sweden, once a pioneer of feminist foreign policy, is now the first to revoke it. 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[Read “To Save Twitter, Elon Musk Should Fire Himself.”]( --------------------------------------------------------------- FP Live Upcoming: Robert Malley, U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Nov. 30, 2022 | 11 a.m. EST The Biden administration came into office promising to reinstate the Iran nuclear deal. Almost two years later, momentum has dissipated, and the deal has all but been derailed. Is there a way to revive the Iran nuclear deal? What is the role of other key players such as the European Union and Israel? Join FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal for a wide-ranging discussion with Robert Malley on the state of the nuclear deal, Iran’s violent crackdown on protests, and how Washington plans to respond to Tehran’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war. [Register here](. On Demand: Debrief on the G-20 Summit Last week, leaders of the world’s largest economies gathered in Bali, Indonesia, for the G-20 summit. What were the main takeaways from the summit? FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal spoke with FP columnists Matthew Kroenig and Edward Alden, as well as Lynn Kuok, a senior fellow for Asia-Pacific security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. [Watch now]( or [read a condensed and edited transcript of the conversation](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Most Popular on FP - [How the U.S.-Chinese Technology War Is Changing the World]( by Agathe Demarais - [In Spain, Can Truth Ever Bring Reconciliation?]( by Mark Nayler - [The Solution to Climate Change Isn’t Demilitarization]( by Erin Sikorsky - [Sweden’s Espionage Scandal Raises Hard Questions on Spy Recruitment]( by Elisabeth Braw - [Billionaires Won’t Save Ukraine’s Internet]( by Olga Boichak and Tetyana Lokot --------------------------------------------------------------- Photo Essay: Sudan’s Citizens Refuse to Give Up A Sudanese boy carries a makeshift shield during a procession to the presidential palace in Khartoum on May 12. 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