Michael Vatikiotis is senior adviser at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and author of "Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant."
Deft leadership calmed international tensions, especially between U.S. and China


Indonesian officials wrestled until the eleventh hour at the G-20 summit in Bali with rancorous officials from Europe, Canada and the U.S. who were intent on a furious condemnation of Russia's war in Ukraine. © AP
Michael Vatikiotis is senior adviser at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and author of "Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant."