GLOBAL TENSIONS DEEPEST FAULT LINES IN THE G-20 FAMILY
The G-20 is no happy family. With 19 countries and the European Union (EU), once the urgency of the financial crisis waned, so too did the level of collaboration among members.
Unlike the cozier G-7, filled with like-minded nations, the G-20 is a better representation of the true global balance of power, and the tensions there in. So where are the deepest fault lines in the G-20 ?
Below is a ranking of some worst bilateral relationships in the G-20.
China-Japan-China and Japan have a historically troubled relationship, which has reached its most contentious point in decades as their dispute over territorial claims to the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands has escalated, leading to renewed geopolitical tensions and possible confrontation. Russia-US-The relationship between the US and Russia is characterised by mistrust, and the two states consistently clash on foreign policy issues, including international responses to Syria's civil war.
China-India-India and China have long-standing territorial disputes, and each is wary of the other's rise in economic and strategic influence in the broader Asian region. The nations' size and development trajectories could lead to conflict. For example, China and India form 37%0 of the global population but have just 10.8% of the world's fresh water.
China-US-Ongoing economic disputes, the new, more nationalistic Chinese leadership will face pressure to appear tougher towards the US, while the American 'pivot' to Asia fuels Chinese scepticism about US Intentions.
EU-Russia-The two powers have clashed in recent years about the price and security of Russia's gas supply to the EU and about the EU's non-binding resolutions condemning Russia's human rights policies.
Unlike the cozier G-7, filled with like-minded nations, the G-20 is a better representation of the true global balance of power, and the tensions there in. So where are the deepest fault lines in the G-20 ?
Below is a ranking of some worst bilateral relationships in the G-20.
China-Japan-China and Japan have a historically troubled relationship, which has reached its most contentious point in decades as their dispute over territorial claims to the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands has escalated, leading to renewed geopolitical tensions and possible confrontation. Russia-US-The relationship between the US and Russia is characterised by mistrust, and the two states consistently clash on foreign policy issues, including international responses to Syria's civil war.
China-India-India and China have long-standing territorial disputes, and each is wary of the other's rise in economic and strategic influence in the broader Asian region. The nations' size and development trajectories could lead to conflict. For example, China and India form 37%0 of the global population but have just 10.8% of the world's fresh water.
China-US-Ongoing economic disputes, the new, more nationalistic Chinese leadership will face pressure to appear tougher towards the US, while the American 'pivot' to Asia fuels Chinese scepticism about US Intentions.
EU-Russia-The two powers have clashed in recent years about the price and security of Russia's gas supply to the EU and about the EU's non-binding resolutions condemning Russia's human rights policies.
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