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Explore the Atlantic Council’s expert commentary, in-depth research, and comprehensive analyses on the G20’s efforts to tackle global economic challenges.

Atlantic Council at the G20

The G20 brings together the world’s 20 largest economies to address the most pressing challenges facing the global economy. In December 2025, the United States assumed the 2026 G20 presidency for the first time in 17 years.

Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

Sep 29, 2025

Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

DECEMBER 11, 2026 MIAMI, UNITED STATES The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual conference convening economic and financial leaders from both sides of the Atlantic.

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History of the G20

The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international economic and financial cooperation. Founded in 1999 after a series of crises rippled through the global economy, the G20 originally served as a platform for finance ministers and central bank governors to discuss the governance of an increasingly globalized world economy and promote financial stability.

During the global financial crisis in 2008, the G20 was elevated to a leaders level summit, and took swift, coordinated action was taken to rescue the global economy. Past G20 summits have resulted in landmark agreements including the creation of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in 2009.

In 2026, the US will chair the G20 for the first time since 2009. As the chair, the US is prioritizing three core themes: unleashing economic prosperity by limiting regulatory burdens, unlocking affordable and secure energy supply chains, and pioneering innovations in AI and emerging technologies.

 

 

Featured Research

Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

Issue Brief Apr 1, 2026

Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

By Greg Brownstein

Fragmentation is reshaping global payment systems, driven by technological change, regulatory divergence, market dynamics, and rising geopolitical tensions. While innovation have long-term benefits, the near-term risks to efficiency, inclusion, and financial stability are mounting, demanding a more implementation-focused G20 agenda.
Digital Currencies Economy & Business
Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

Report Nov 12, 2024

Avoiding entanglement: G20 responses in a Taiwan crisis

By Matthew Mingey, Laura Gormley, and Logan Wright

This report identifies China’s likely goals for interactions with G20 nations under a Taiwan contingency, as well as each case country’s respective economic and policy reactions.
Brazil China

Featured analysis

Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

AfricaSource Oct 16, 2025

African voices are shaping G20 discussions around international financial architecture reform

By Sijh Diagne

Africa is not merely affected by these reforms. It is actively shaping them.
Africa Economy & Business
Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

Econographics Mar 7, 2025

Charting the path for women’s economic security in the G20

By Alisha Chhangani, Jessie Yin

For International Women’s Day this year, here are five charts about gender gaps in the G20. Closing these gaps would boost economic benefits for everyone.
Economy & Business G20
Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

Econographics Mar 5, 2025

Has the G20 become the G19?

By Hung Tran

The US has chosen to boycott the kick-off of South Africa’s G20 presidency. But a G20 without the United States or its constructive engagement will be much weaker.
Economy & Business Macroeconomics

Past events

Public Event Wed, July 24, 2024 • 12:30 pm ET

Shaping the global economy: From food security to digital transformation

Shaping the global economy conference will develop a blueprint for the G20 to address the range of challenges facing its member states from global economic governance and digital transformation to food security and hunger. 
Brazil China Digital Policy Energy Markets & Governance

Dispatches

Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

New Atlanticist Nov 25, 2025

Dispatch from South Africa: The G20’s center of gravity continues to shift

By Alisha Chhangani

Emerging markets are building coalitions, designing financial tools, and articulating visions for multilateral reform with growing clarity and confidence.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

New Atlanticist Jul 30, 2024

Dispatch from Rio: Can Brazil set up the G20 leaders’ summit for success?

By Ananya Kumar, Mrugank Bhusari

Brasília has sought to acknowledge fundamental disagreements on geopolitics between some members, and then to sidestep them entirely at the ministerial level. How long can this approach last?
Brazil Economy & Business

Explore the program

At the intersection of economics, finance, and foreign policy, the GeoEconomics Center is a translation hub with the goal of helping shape a better global economic future.

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Content

Issue Brief

Apr 1, 2026

Global payment systems are fragmenting. Here’s what the G20 can do.

By Greg Brownstein

Fragmentation is reshaping global payment systems, driven by technological change, regulatory divergence, market dynamics, and rising geopolitical tensions. While innovation have long-term benefits, the near-term risks to efficiency, inclusion, and financial stability are mounting, demanding a more implementation-focused G20 agenda.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Apr 8, 2025

No one is coming to save the global economy

By Josh Lipsky

Neither the Group of Twenty nor the Federal Reserve should be expected to use their playbook from previous economic crises to respond to economic shocks caused by US tariffs.

China Economy & Business
Canada flag waving in Ottawa.

Issue Brief

Mar 27, 2025

Canada needs an economic statecraft strategy to address its vulnerabilities

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Lize de Kruijf

To address threats from Russia and China and reduce trade overdependence on the United States, Canada’s federal government will need to consolidate economic power and devise an economic statecraft strategy that will leverage Canada’s economic tools to mitigate economic threats and vulnerabilities.

China Cybersecurity

Econographics

Mar 7, 2025

Charting the path for women’s economic security in the G20

By Alisha Chhangani, Jessie Yin

For International Women's Day this year, here are five charts about gender gaps in the G20. Closing these gaps would boost economic benefits for everyone.

Economy & Business G20

New Atlanticist

Nov 19, 2024

How Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina approached this year’s G20

By Ignacio Albe

Disparate national priorities among Latin America’s three G20 members threaten to stand in the way of a common agenda.

Argentina Brazil

New Atlanticist

Nov 18, 2024

How the G20 can help close the women’s leadership gap

By Maite Gonzalez Latorre

A declaration on women’s empowerment at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brazil would mark a significant step toward a more equitable future for women and girls worldwide.

Caribbean G20

Econographics

Nov 1, 2024

The underestimated implications of the BRICS Summit in Russia

By Hung Tran

It is a mistake for the West to dismiss the power of symbolism and narratives in the geopolitical competition for global influence.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

Report

Sep 9, 2024

Sharing the post carbon economy means building a resilient EV supply chain

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

In this report Sarah Bauerle Danzman advances the policy discussion by compiling trade, investment, and EV industrial policy data across the G20, and offers six recommendations to the G20 to build a resilient EV supply chain.

Brazil China

New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2024

Dispatch from Rio: Can Brazil set up the G20 leaders’ summit for success?

By Ananya Kumar, Mrugank Bhusari

Brasília has sought to acknowledge fundamental disagreements on geopolitics between some members, and then to sidestep them entirely at the ministerial level. How long can this approach last?

Brazil Economy & Business
Brazil G20 bilboard

Econographics

Apr 12, 2024

Brazil’s approach to the G20: Leading by example

By Hung Tran

Brazil’s non-aligned, cooperative, and practical approach holds out the promise of a constructive outcome for this year’s G20 meetings—especially if progress is measured by concrete global initiatives.

Brazil G20
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Experts

Fellow

Emilie Bel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Economy & Business

Staff

Alisha Chhangani

Associate Director

GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Advisory Council member

Helga Flores Trejo

Vice President, Special Envoy Multilateral & Sustainability Affairs, Bayer

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Brazil Economy & Business

Fellow

Paul Klimos

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Entrepreneurship G20

Staff

Josh Lipsky

Vice President & Chair, International Economics

GeoEconomics Center

China Digital Currencies

Fellow

Barbara C. Matthews

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Americas China
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