The role of the G8 in international peace and security

著者

• Penttilä, Risto E. J.
• International Institute for Strategic Studies

書誌事項

The role of the G8 in international peace and security

Risto E.J. Penttilä

（Adelphi papers, 355）

Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2003

注記

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This Adelphi Paper is the first concise yet comprehensive analysis of the role of the G8 in international peace and security. It argues that the G7/8 has a long and impressive history in the field of international security. The G7/8 has, for example, spearheaded the introduction of "low politics" and "soft security" to the top table of great power diplomacy and integrated Japan and, later Russia, into the realm of Western security discussions. In questions of war and peace the G8 does not command the legitimacy of the UN Security Council but, for the international community, is a more acceptable vehicle than unilateral action. As such the G8 can be seen as a note-worthy "second best" option after the UN Security Council. This Paper further argues that China should be admitted into the G8 first as an observer and later as a member. There is also a strong argument for the European Union to have one seat at the G8 even if such a change does not seem realistic today. The G8 bears great resemblance to the 19th century Concert of Europe. Whether it will assume a similar role in the 21st century depends in the final analysis on whether the United States welcomes such a role for the G8.

目次

• Introduction
• ORIGINS OF THE SUMMITS
• TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
• 1. The G8 as a Concert of Great Powers
• TWO KINDS OF CONCERTS
• THE CONCERT OF POWERS AND THE G7/8
• THE CONTACT GROUP
• THE G8 VS. UN SECURITY COUNCIL
• 2. The G7/8 and Global Security
• THE RISE OF THE G8
• THE EVOLUTION OF THE SECURITY AGENDA
• KOSOVO
• "THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM"
• 3. National Perspectives
• THE HEGEMON - THE US
• THE MILITARY MEDIUM POWERS - UK AND FRANCE
• THE ANOMALIES - CANADA AND JAPAN
• THE OLD ENEMY - RUSSIA
• THE EU - A NEW KIND OF MEMBER
• 4. Non-Members and the G8
• ARBITRARY MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA
• CO-OPERATION WITH NON-MEMBERS
• CHINA
• Conclusions

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA63362145
• ISBN:
  • 0198528914
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Oxford
• ページ数/冊数: 104 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 327.17
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Group of Eight (Organization)
  • LCSH : Security, International
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00271817