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G7 France: The 2026 Évian Summit
Edited by John Kirton and Madeline Koch
Published by GT Media, 2026
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Welcome Message
- For balanced, shared and inclusive growth
- Emmanuel Macron, president, France
Leaders’ Views
- US strategy is coalescing around economic strength, military power and global competition
- Donald Trump, president, United States
- Canada is advancing strategic autonomy through resources, alliances and global trade
- Mark Carney, prime minister, Canada
- Alliances and deterrence underpin the UK’s evolving strategy
- Sir Keir Starmer, prime minister, United Kingdom
- Security, competitiveness and unity define Germany’s strategic reset
- Friedrich Merz, chancellor, Germany
- A unified Italian approach to security, migration and geopolitical risk
- Giorgia Meloni, prime minister, Italy
- Japan’s strategy for security and growth
- Takaichi Sanae, prime minister, Japan
- Principles, partnerships and power: the EU’s response in challenging times
- António Costa, president, European Council
- Security, resilience and strategic autonomy define Europe’s global agenda
- Ursula von der Leyen, president, European Commission
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Editors' Introductions
- Promising potential for a productive Évian Summit
- John Kirton, director, G7 Research Group
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Security
Regional Security
- G7 performance on Ukraine
- Alisa Yudina, senior researcher, G7 Research Group
Russia, Ukraine and Europe
- NATO’s defence industrial revolution: a transatlantic endeavour for our shared security
- Mark Rutte, NATO secretary-general
Middle East, Iran and the Gulf
- From conflict to order: the G7 and the future of the Middle East
- Interview with Vali Nasr, Majid Khadduri
Professor of International
Affairs and Middle East
Studies, Johns Hopkins
University School of Advanced
International Studies
- Rethinking an Iran
strategy and the challenge
for global stability
- Interview with Ali Vaez, director, Iran
Project, International
Crisis Group
Indo-Pacific and China
- Reinforcing stability in the
Indo-Pacific:
a G7 imperative
- George Takach, author, Inspired by Taiwan
Terrorism
- Counterterrorism without
compromises: reasserting
human rights in a
fractured order
- Ben Saul, United Nations
Special Rapporteur on the
Promotion and Protection
of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms while
Countering Terrorism
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Economic Security
Macroeconomic and Financial Policy
- G7 performance on macroeconomic policy
- Alisha Aslam, senior researcher, G7 Research Group
- Restoring confidence, strengthening the foundations for resilience and growth
- Mathias Cormann, OECD secretary general
- Global imbalances: the limits of G7 coordination
- Mark Sobel, US chair, Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum
- China, currency policy and the limits of G7 action
- Brad W Setser, Council for Foreign Relations
- Salvaged but not saved: how the G7 can still shape the future of the global minimum tax
- Michael Motala, director of taxation, G7 Research Group
- Improving financial stability in an era of persistent global uncertainty
- Chiara Oldani, professor, monetary economics, Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Trade and Investment
- G7 performance on trade
- Joanna Davies, senior researcher, G7 Research Group
- Securing the supply chains that sustain us: the strategic role of customs
- Ian Saunders, secretary general, World Customs Organization
- From lapse to leadership: what the G7 must do to keep digital trade duty-free
- Simon J. Evenett, IMD Business School
- Trade under pressure: what to expect from Évian
- Peter Draper, executive director, Institute for International Trade, The University of Adelaide, and Andreas Freytag, professor of economics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Financial Crime
- Illicit finance in a digital age: closing the global enforcement gap
- Elisa de Anda Madrazo, president, Financial Action Task Force
- G7 Évian 2026: future-proofing the fight against organised crime and illicit flows
- Denisse Rudich, director, G7 and G20 Research Groups (London), and CEO, Rudich Advisory
Labour and Employment
- Ensuring decent work in the age of artificial intelligence
- Gilbert Houngbo, director general, International Labour Organization
Gender Equality
- G7 performance on gender equality
- Julia Kulik, director of strategic initiatives and public engagement, G7 Research Group
- Gender equality at a crossroads: accelerating change, moving beyond resistance
- Catherine Ladousse, member, Gender Equality Task Force, and member, Haut Conseil à l’Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes
Tourism and Culture
- Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries. But how well is it actually delivering?
- Shaikha Al Nowais, secretary general, UN Tourism
- Peace begins with people: why UNESCO – with the G7 – must champion education, knowledge and trust in a fragmented
world
- Khaled El-Enany, director-general, UNESCO
- Sustainable tourism and the next phase of global growth
- Gloria Guevara, president and CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council
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Development
Development and Debt Relief
- G7 performance on development
- Sonja Dobson, researcher associate, G7 Research Group
- The world has the money– here’s how to start leveraging it
- Alexander De Croo, administrator, United Nations Development Programme
- La Francophonie towards a renewed multilateral approach
- Louise Mushikiwabo, secretary-general, International Organization of La Francophonie
- Strengthening the global finance architecture: empowering national development banks for long-term growth
- Edgardo Alvarez, secretary general, Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions
International Financial Architecture
- G7 performance on international financial architecture reform
- Maria Fernanda Erthal, researcher, G7 Research Group
Food Security
- Hunger, conflict and the cost of inaction
- Cindy McCain, executive director, World Food Programme
Health
- G7 performance on health
- Brittaney Warren, senior researcher, G7 Research Group
- Global health cooperation in a fractured world
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general, World Health Organization
- One Health, one system: why animal health matters for global resilience
- Emmanuelle Soubeyran, director-general, World Organisation for Animal Health
- Brain health: the key to prosperity
- Guy Rouleau, director, Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, and Stéphanie Debette, director, Paris Brain Institute
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Energy, Climate and Environment
Energy
- G7 performance on energy
- Ella Kokotsis, director of research, G7 Research Group
- Crisis as catalyst: advancing the global energy transition
- Interview with Francesco La Camera, director general, IRENA
- Strengthening nuclear safety in a fragmented world
- Interview with Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general, International Atomic Energy Agency
Critical Minerals
- Beyond supply security: why the G7 needs global partnerships and circularity for resilient critical minerals systems
- Patrick Schröder, senior research fellow, Chatham House
Climate Change
- Improving G7 performance on climate change
- Natasha Pirzada, senior researcher, G7 Research Group
- From forecast to resilience: governing climate risk in a warming world
- Interview with Celeste Saulo, secretary general, World Meteorological Organization
- Climate action at a crossroads
- Catherine McKenna, founder and CEO, Climate and Nature
Environment and Biodiversity
- From vulnerability to resilience: placing disaster risk at the core of the G7 agenda
- Kamal Kishore, special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Biodiversity at a critical turning point
- Interview with Astrid Schomaker, executive secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
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Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum
- G7 performance on artificial intelligence, ICT and digitalisation
- Nancy E. Scott, legal director, G7 Research Group
- Children’s safety in digital environments is a G7 issue
- Ilona Kickbusch, director, Digital Transformations for Health Lab, University of Geneva
Artificial Intelligence
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- The G7 and the future of AI governance
- Kenddrick Chan, head, Technology and International Affairs project, LSE IDEAS, Chris Alden, professor of international relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, and and Corneliu Bjola, head, Oxford Digital Diplomacy Research Group
- From commitments to coordination: advancing G7 AI governance
- Federica Marconi, researcher in the Multilateralism and Global Governance programme, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Quantum
- Shaping the next frontier of quantum cooperation
- Tim Smith, Open Quantum Institute
- The quantum imperative:
from vision to industrial reality
- Lisa Lambert, chief executive officer, Quantum Industry Canada
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Border Security
Border Safety
- Transnational crime: why cooperation must deliver
- Valdecy Urquiza, secretary-general, Interpol
- The Évian moment: turning the tide on drugs and organised crime
- John Brandolino, director, Division for Treaty Affairs, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Migration and Refugees
- Managing migration through development: a new agenda for the G7
- Amy Pope, director-general, International Organization for Migration
Transnational Repression
- Confronting transnational
repression: a necessity for
democracies
- Chloé Ridel, member, European Parliament; member, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Subcommittee on Human Rights
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Strengthening the G7 System
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- G7 compliance from Kananaskis to Évian amid shifting priorities
- Ilya Goheen and Petrina van Nieuwstadt, co-chairs, summit studies, G7 Research Group
- Évian, Miami and beyond: reframing the G7–G20 agenda
- Christopher Sands, director,
Center for US-Canada Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
- The Évian Summit: diplomacy in the shadow of war
- Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, chief executive, South African Institute of International Affairs
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Advocacies
- How strategy, technology and discipline are shaping Eni’s growth trajectory
- Interview with Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni
- Innovative medicines as drivers of economic security – a strategic imperative for G7 economies
- Dr David Reddy, Director General, IFPMA
- A new era of global health leadership begins in Africa
- Axel Radlach Pries, president, World Health Summit
- Innovation will move at the speed of trust: a call to action for the G7 on responsible AI in health
- Dr Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO, HealthAI
- Article 6 can lower the cost of capital in emerging markets to address global imbalances
- Ely Sandler, Managing Partner, Article Six Group
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