There's nothing wrong with the G7, but I think that, if we're going to bring together preoccupations relating to the development of science and innovation on the one hand and security on the other, I would start with NATO, which is a pretty broadly defined group of people. We forget sometimes that NATO is not just a military alliance. There are all sorts of things that NATO does, including having expertise in science and technology. There's nothing wrong with the G7+1, but we also have an issue about how we protect our own credibility with respect to a lot of these issues. I would argue the better place to start would be NATO, which is most of Europe, along with associated members like Japan and Australia.
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