A Summit of Shadows: 51st G7 Summit Closes in Discord

A Summit of Shadows

KANANASKIS, Canada — The 51st G7 Summit closed on June 17 amid mountain vistas and mounting tensions. World leaders gathered in the Alberta Rockies to project unity on global crises, but the communiqué they produced revealed anything but.

Host Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it “a moment of coordination,” yet behind the polished language, disagreements over Ukraine, the Middle East, and AI regulation cracked the façade of cohesion.

The joint statement — normally a summit formality — was dropped entirely after U.S. objections over the wording on military aid to Kyiv, forcing Canada to issue a solo summary.