BERLIN—When G7 leaders meet for their annual summit in Germany this weekend, for a second year without Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine will rank high on their agenda. Though questions of war and peace may seem misplaced in what is, essentially, an economic policy forum, the escalation in Eastern Europe, and the broader challenge it embodies to the West, demands attention and action. A solution will be hard to reach, but the meeting at Schloss Elmau must show that the leaders are both principled on Russia and practical on Ukraine.
In their search for responses, G7 leaders will be …read more