Modi In G7: Resets In The Rockies

The G7 Summit in Kananaskis, deep in the Canadian Rockies, unfolded this week amid global tumult – from an escalating Iran-Israel conflict to intensified Russian missile strikes on Kyiv, to tariff wars. Yet beneath the crisis headlines, the summit also saw critical course corrections in some rocky bilateral relationships. Among other disturbed dyads, India and Canada quietly signalled a thaw in their 21-month-long diplomatic freeze, turning the margins of a multilateral gathering into a moment of bilateral reset.
Fractured world, fractured club |

As always, G7 served a dual purpose: dealing with immediate global crises and addressing the global commons – climate, trade, security – while also functioning as a venue for private reconciliation and realignment, in an era of Trumpian disruption.