Prospects for G7 Leadership in a Fractured World

Monday, May 15 // 10–11:00 am (ET)

With no end in sight to the war in Ukraine and the risks to global stability remaining high, pressure is mounting on the world’s most advanced economies to address the risks facing security and growth worldwide. Yet finding a solution to a wide range of issues, from threats to the existing international system to economic resilience and addressing the challenges confronting low- and middle-income countries is not as easy as identifying the problems.

The stakes are high for leaders of the G7 gathering in Hiroshima from May 19 to 21 not only to demonstrate a united front, but provide a roadmap that will highlight how a rules-based international order can champion human security and sustainable growth.

Join us for a discussion from some of the Wilson Center’s leading experts on what to expect and what should be expected at the upcoming G7 summit meeting in Japan.

Still To Come This Week

Book Launch | Jews, Muslims, and the French Republic

Monday, May 15 // 12–1:00 pm (ET)

In his new book, Steven Kramer explores the complex, triangular relationship between the French Republic, Jews, and Muslims. Join us for an exclusive roundtable discussion with Kramer, moderated by Robin Quinville, Director of the Global Europe Program, as he leads us through the primary themes, history, and challenges he explores in his seminal work.

The Wounded World: W.E.B. DuBois and the First World War

Monday, May 15 // 4–5:30 pm (ET)

For more than two decades W. E. B. Du Bois attempted to write the definitive history of Black participation in World War I. His book, however, remained unfinished. Chad Williams offers the previously untold account of Du Bois’s failed efforts to complete what would have been one of his most significant works. In doing so, Williams sheds new light on Du Bois’s struggles to reckon with both the history and the troubling memory of the war, along with the broader meanings of race and democracy for Black people in the twentieth century.