Scientific academies from the G7 group of major democracies have urged political leaders to take action on decarbonisation, disease spill over from animals, antiviral drugs and ice loss in advance of the group’s annual summit in Germany later this month. Heads of the academies meeting in Berlin this week issued a wish-list of research proposals, including a new international body to coordinate clinical trials.
The United States and Japan do not have to upend globalization to compete effectively with China. The challenge for Tokyo and Washington is to leverage their common concerns about Beijing’s economic behavior and minimize the differences between their respective approaches.