Commentary U.S. President Joe Biden will hold a virtual meeting with leaders of the G7 on Feb. 19 to discuss such pressing matters as the economy, the response to the pandemic, and a wildly bellicose China. Particularly as it relates to the last of these issues, the meeting could provide a glimpse into what might come of the idea of a new D10 group of leading democracies that Biden, along with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has been entertaining since before the U.S. election last November. The D10 idea has been proposed as a “club of democracies” that could essentially replace the G7 by bringing democracies from the Asia-Pacific region such as Australia, South Korea, and India into the fold. This would acknowledge shifts in the international order, specifically the momentous role the Indo-Pacific region now plays, and the need to rebuild and enhance old arrangements to adapt to the …
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