Global South is demanding changes to world power structures

World leaders at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Raj Ghat on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi this week. Photograph: PIB/AFP via Getty Images Three international summits in a row illustrate the changing patterns of world power and the forces driving them. Demands for more equality from a more confident and independent group of middle powers loom large. So does the growing competition between the United States and China and their associated allies for influence over the outcomes. The BRICs summit in Johannesburg, the Asean summit in Jakarta and the G20 meeting in New Delhi had many…