News Analysis
The lesson of Russia’s war in Ukraine has forced the Group of Seven (G-7) countries to confront Beijing head-on this year, and the unified statement from the Hiroshima summit represents a big step that, according to some experts, was “unthinkable” two years ago.
The big question, though, is whether the G-7 countries can stay united and strong when confronting China, as they’ve pledged—or will they continue to put commercial interests ahead of “the rule-based international order” or their core values, such as human rights and democracy?
The 49th annual summit of the world’s most advanced economies—the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Canada—was held in Hiroshima this year from May 19 to 21….