“Seoul-searching”: The 2010 G-20 Seoul Summit

The Group of 20 summit of developed and developing countries—the self-appointed "premier forum for international economic cooperation"—met in the South Korean capital in November 2010. This was a watershed event in that it was the first time for the G-20 to meet in an Asian, non-G8 country...

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Published inGlobal governance Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 363 - 381
Main Authors Cherry, Judith, Dobson, Hugo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Brill | Nijhoff 01.07.2012
Lynn Rienner Publishers
Brill
Brill Academic Publishers, Inc
Subjects
Addition
Countries
Durability
Economic crises
Economic summit conferences
Economics
Governance
International cooperation
International economic relations
International financial institutions
International organizations
International relations
Legacies
Political leadership
Solidarity
Summit meetings
South Korea
Seoul South Korea
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Summary:The Group of 20 summit of developed and developing countries—the self-appointed "premier forum for international economic cooperation"—met in the South Korean capital in November 2010. This was a watershed event in that it was the first time for the G-20 to meet in an Asian, non-G8 country. This article evaluates the success of the Seoul summit against a range of criteria and from various perspectives, in addition to commenting on the appropriateness of these criteria in measuring the performance of future summits.
ISSN:1075-2846
1942-6720
DOI:10.1163/19426720-01803007