Great Power Multilateralism and the Prevention of War Debating a 21st Century Concert of Powers

• Main Author: Harald Muller, Carsten Rauch
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2017; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: New International Relations
• Subjects: 19th; Adam R. C. Humphreys; Alexander Nikitin; Andreas Fahrmeir; Andrew Hurrell; Bertrand Badie; Carsten Rauch; century; Daniel Müller; Delphine Lagrange; Global Development; Global Governance; Great powers; Hans-Joachim Spanger; Harald Müller; International cooperation; International Organizations; International Relations; Iris Wurm; Kanti Bajpai; Konstanze Jüngling; Kyle Lascurettes; Mao Weizhun; Matthias Schulz; Mélanie Albaret; Nicola Leveringhaus; Oleg Demidov; Pang Zhongying; Political stability; Politics & Development; powers; Sara Bjerg Moller; Security, International; Siddharth Mallavarapu; Stefan Kadelbach; Structural systems (Grammar); transition; War; World politics; 18th Century System; Common Bad; Global Security Governance; International Security Governance; Power Transition Management; 19th Century Concert; Global Nuclear Order; Peaceful Power Transition; Common Language; Eurasian Economic Union; Contemporary Security Governance; Military Expenditures; Ius Publicum Europaeum; Concert Members; Great Power Multilateralism; Modern Concert; International Monetary Fund; Concert Deliberations; Great Power War; Concert Powers; Club Diplomacy; Great Power Concert; European Concert; IBSA Country; IBSA Forum
• ISBN: 1351798111; 9781351798112; 9781138634435; 1138634433; 0367594358; 9780367594350; 1351798103; 9781351798105
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315206790

iGreat 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 to manage 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.ii iii