Financial Crisis Emphasizes Importance of G-20.

A leaders’ meeting to discuss global financial architecture — something like a new version of the World War II Bretton Woods meeting — could simply take too long, says Brookings’ Robert Litan. And global finance ministers can work out enough coordinated action to start to restore confidence, “I’m not sure what’s left for the leaders to talk about,” he adds.

“My deepest feeling is what we need is action, not more talk,” says Sidney Weintraub of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

But when the big leaders’ summit happens, look for it to include a lot of the G-20 countries.

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