A curious new grouping has appeared on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Partners for Multilateralism, or P4M, brings together India, the European Union, Canada, Brazil, Kenya, Australia and Barbados in an effort to strengthen and reform the multilateral system.
On paper, it looks too loose and politically diverse to wield much power. But its unlikely composition does say something important about the changing mood in world politics. Countries in the Global South and the traditional Western camp too are beginning to discover a common interest in having more room to manoeuvre between the great powers.
