"When the stakes are international relations" And what are the stakes in practice? Meetings of the G7 probably have a real impact on international relations.

"When the stakes are international relations" And what are the stakes in practice? Meetings of the G7 probably have a real impact on international relations. But in this comparison, the UN is cargo cult politics (they pretend really hard to be doing it) and Guterres' travel to Tonga a barely masked vacation at someone's else's dime.