The public purpose of the Group of 7 is fostering economic stability. The other related purpose, however, is to diminish the likelihood of war. Learn more here.
Developments in Asia in important ways are especially promising and positive. Japan and South Korea are reconciling, and doing so publicly. Wide regional cooperation, partly in response to China’s moves, is growing. The dictatorships are on the defensive. Global momentum is with us.
The 2023 G-7 meeting was held in Hiroshima, along with Nagasaki devastated by the atomic bombs which ended World War II in the Pacific. These cities testify to the absolute horror of modern war, and also the human capacities for positive regeneration.