Great power multilateralism and the prevention of war : debating a 21st century concert of powers
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Great power multilateralism and the prevention of war : debating a 21st century concert of powers
(The new international relations)
Routledge, 2020
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Great-power conflict and great-power war are still the most dangerous risks the international community is facing today. This edited volume investigates the feasibility of a modern day concert of powers as a way for managing the risk of great power conflicts in the 21st century. The volume takes its inspiration from history.
The 19th century European Concert was not only able to ensure a period of exceptional peacefulness among the European great powers, it also limited the scope and duration of the few wars that did break out. The chapter authors discuss the achievements and limits of the historical concert, define the requirements that a new concert would have to meet, critically evaluate obstacles and risks of the approach and indicate how a 21st century concert of powers could complement, and fit into, the present legal and institutional setting of global politics.
This volume offers a systematic examination of the norms and tools of the historical template and scrutinizes these tools for their utility in our time. It will be of great interest to a wide range of scholars and students in areas such as International Relations, History and International Law.
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: Laying the Groundwork
Chapter 1: Introduction: Risks of Great Power Conflict in the 21st Century
Harald Muller, Carsten Rauch and Iris Wurm
Chapter 2: The Concert of Europe and International Security Governance: How did it Operate, What did it Accomplish, What were its Shortcomings, What can we Learn?
Matthias Schulz
Chapter 3: Concerts as a Mode of Ordering in World Politics: An Ideal Type Approach
Adam Humphreys
Part II: Marking the Challenges
Chapter 4: The Dark Side of the European Concert of Powers: Caveats to be Taken into Account for Successfully Managing Peace
Andreas Fahrmeir
Chapter 5: The Dangers of Great Power Connivance
Bertrand Badie
Chapter 6: The Club Practices of Concert Diplomacy. The Paradox and Effects of Selective Cooperation with Global Objectives
Melanie Albaret and Delphine Lagrange
Chapter 7: The Concert and Existing Organizations and Legal Structures at the Global Level
Stefan Kadelbach
Part III: Tackling Diversity and Exclusion: Common Norms, Justice and Legitimacy
Chapter 8: The Normative Foundations for a New Global Concert in an Age of Western Retrenchment
Kyle Lascurettes and Sara B. Moller
Chapter 9: The Concert of Powers and Competing Government Models
Hans-Joachim Spanger
Chapter 10: Just a Concert or a Just Concert: The Role of Justice and Fairness Considerations
Harald Muller, Daniel Muller and Carsten Rauch
Chapter 11: The Exclusion Problem and the Need for Legitimacy
Konstanze Jungling and Siddharth Mallavarapu
Chapter 12: Ownership Matters in a 21st Century Concert of Powers
Pang Zhongying and Mao Weizhun
Part IV: Accounting for the Differences: Adapting to 21st Century Circumstances
Chapter 13: Between Informality and Formality: Concert Operations in a Densely Institutionalized World
Kanti Bajpai and Harald Muller
Chapter 14: Concert of Concerts: The Geopolitical Role of Regional Inter-State Organizations
Alexander Nikitin and Oleg Demidov
Chapter 15: Great Power Accommodation, Nuclear Weapons and Concerts of Power
Nicola Leveringhaus and Andrew Hurrell
Conclusion
Chapter 16: Managing Power Transitions with a Concert of Powers
Harald Muller and Carsten Rauch
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