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View allAhead of the G-20 Leaders' Summit, PIIE experts discuss the tension between the recovering Western economies and the slowing BRICs [Brazil, Russia, India, and China], as well as the impact Syria might have on the summit agenda. Steven R. Weisman led the call and was joined by Anders Åslund, David J. Stockton, Arvind Subramanian, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, and C. Fred Bergsten.