Global commitment issues on display at the G20

With the Brisbane G20 Leaders Summit only a matter of weeks away, Australia is increasingly succumbing to G20 fever. Rarely does a self-declared middle power such as Australia get to play host to such a key global institution, arguably the most important intergovernmental dialogue held here since the Sydney 2007 APEC Summit. So what should we expect this G20 Summit to deliver for global economic governance? The ultimate effectiveness of the Summit will not be decided in Brisbane in November. Rather it will be decided months (and possibly years) later once leaders return home and wrangle with the question of how to implement what has been agreed