FP This Week: World leaders are hopscotching across Europe

Read FP’s G-7 dispatch, plus our summer reading recommendations. [Foreign Policy This Week]( June 27, 2022 | [View in browser]( To access all the benefits of an FP subscription, [sign in]( or [subscribe](. Thanks for reading. --------------------------------------------------------------- Special offer for FP This Week readers: Get one year of unlimited access, plus a FREE limited-edition FP tote to carry around your copy of the “Back to the Future” Issue. Select an [Annual or Insider plan]( and apply promo code FPTOTE to redeem this offer. Act now! This offer is only available while supplies last. Instructions for setting up tote delivery will be sent to the email address provided. First-time subscribers only. Shipping is limited to the U.S. at this time. The G-7 summit is underway in the Bavarian Alps, with the traditional seven members joined this year by leaders from the African Union, Argentina, India, Indonesia, and South Africa. Next up for many of them will be the NATO summit in Madrid, where member states will make firm commitments to increase defense spending and continue to find ways to bring Finland and Sweden into the alliance. As Michael Hirsh [writes]( in his preview of the NATO gathering, “new battles lines are being drawn in Madrid that could last for generations.” Though summitry can generate more rhetoric than substance, promises made are often the result of months, even years, of painstaking backroom discussions. Our Colm Quinn has a useful digest on the [announcements]( made so far. One pledge made at the G-7 is worth further examination: The group collectively pledged support for Ukraine for “as long as it takes.” Can they pull that off? I just hosted a panel at the annual Brussels Forum, where I asked U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen to address concerns that if Donald Trump returned to the presidency in 2024, the United States would no longer care about Ukraine. “Trump will not be back in power,” Cohen [declared](. Tellingly, the audience laughed in response. Perhaps “as long as it takes” is a promise no democracy can really deliver on. (You can watch the full session [here]( Leaders can still plan for the future, however, and at both the G-7 and the Brussels Forum there has been much discussion about what a Marshall Plan for Ukraine might look like. It’s heartening that even though it seems the war will continue for a while longer, there’s already a collection of economists and crisis management experts who are examining lessons learned from other crises—such as in Afghanistan—and putting in place a plan to rejuvenate Ukraine once the war is over. With unity more important than ever before, the stakes are high this week in Brussels, Bavaria, and Madrid. —Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy’s editor in chief --------------------------------------------------------------- New and Noteworthy - FP’s Summer Reading List: FP staffers and columnists have gathered a [diverse collection]( of the best novels, historical nonfiction, and short stories to read this summer. Crack open a gothic tale set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence—or perhaps a modern sci-fi classic with plenty of grist for policy works. - FP Live: NATO is at a critical juncture as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to rattle the global order and as the alliance faces its greatest security crisis in a generation. For an insider’s look at NATO’s future and U.S. priorities within it, [register for this FP Live conversation]( between FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith. 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