Anders Fogh Rasmussen, "An Alliance of Middle-Power Democracies Led by a D7" https://files.gotocon.com/uploads/files/138/d7-formatted_1778445542.pdf

Arguing for a close alliance of Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United Kingdom as fouding members (security, technology, trade).

Finally a reasonable proposal to advance an alliance of liberal democracies to counter autocracies (Russia, China) in times when the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner but in destabilizing NATO has handed Russia a major win.