On March 14, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion titled “The West against the rest of the world: the role of the G20 in harmonising approaches to global development and promoting sustainable multilateralism.” Marina Larionova, Director of the Centre for Research of International Institutions of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Sherpa of Russia in the T20 (Think 20); Victoria Panova, Vice-Rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Sherpa of the Russian Federation in the W20 (Women's Twenty); Nourhan ElSheikh, Professor of Political Science at Cairo University; Rasigan Maharaj, Director General, Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, participated. The event was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, programme director of the Valdai Discussion Club.