IJP Asia Talk #3 (Season 4)

‘Recap G20 Bali Summit – A Glimpse of Hope?’

Mid-November, the Group of Twenty (G20) held their 17th meeting in Bali, Indonesia. Another summit of bickering amongst the so-called Great Powers? What can be read between the lines? What are the takeaways?
EU-ASEAN relations developed into a strategic partnership in December 2020 and trade and investments between the two regions are booming. Did the summit give a push to the EU member states to develop a strategic guideline for the future?

Join our discussion to analyse the G20 and other recent leaders’ meetings in the Indo-Pacific from the EU diplomacy perspective as well as the Indonesian perspective.

Shada Islam is an influential Brussels-based specialist on European Union affairs who works independently as a commentator and analyst. She started as EU correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and is now an advisor and strategist on Asia, Africa, Geopolitics, Trade, Migration, Inclusion and Diversity. She has her own think tank, New Horizons, in Brussels.

Sofie Syarief is a former anchor for Kompas TV, Indonesia. Currently working as an independent researcher and journalist, she pursues her PhD studies at Goldsmiths University, London. Her research focuses on digital media. She regularly contributes to a Singaporean think tank and has co-authored for a book of the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation in Germany.