1st Edition

The Role of the G8 in International Peace and Security

By Risto Penttilä Copyright 2003
104 Pages
by Routledge

104 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

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,... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The G8 as a Concert of Powers; Chapter 2 The G7/G8 and Global Security; Chapter 3 National Perspectives; Chapter 4 Non-members and the G8; Conclusion;

Biography

Risto E. J. Penttilä