The word summit to me was that of Mt. Everest, Kilimanjaro, or other world mountain peaks. But in the last few decades or years, more summits have emerged, not geographical but carrying their significance to reach insignificance results from politics, economy to environments.
There is a G20 of “world’s richest and most powerful nations unfolding in Delhi this week.”
Then we have G8, G7, BRICKS, APEC, ASEAN, OPEC, NATO, CHOGM, NAM, and SAM (which stands for South American Summit, not safety and maintenance.) It represents just a tiny list of summits, but there are many more.
Do the world or regional summits accomplish any goals that the world leaders promise? Or they provide a golden opportunity to shake hands and do their private talking, compliments, or complaints on the sidelines as Xi Jinping did while bumping into Trudeau in such a summit last year.
Most resolutions hatched at the summits slide down to triviality in the so-called national interest and leaders’ political priorities.
“The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.” – Barry Goldwater.
-By Promod Puri
Promod Puri.com 