China’s G-20 presidency: Where geopolitics meets global governance (Bruce Jones, Brookings)

For the past several years, international affairs have been analyzed through two lenses. One lens has focused on geopolitics: in particular, the question of how great power relations are evolving at a time of redistribution in the world’s economic and now also political power. The second lens considers the framework of global governance, especially the question of whether or not the existing formal and informal institutions have the tools and the ability to manage complex global challenges.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/04/12-china-g20-geopolitics-jones