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‘How are we to classify it as an international entity? It has no written constitution like the United Nations and its specialized agencies; it can hardly be called an international organization … Its members are not even united by a common treaty of understanding. It is not a Zollverein. It is not a Community. In fact, it does not fit into any of the recognized international categories. Yet I have insisted that it is a going concern. Which name will suit it best? My own choice is to call it a concert of convenience.’ — J. D. B. Miller, The Commonwealth in the World (1958), pp. 270–1)
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See further, Peter Lyon, ‘New States and International Order’ in Alan James (ed.) The Bases of International Order ( London: Oxford University Press, 1973 ).
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Lyon, P. (1990). The Commonwealth and the Third World. In: O’Neill, R., Vincent, R.J. (eds) The West and the Third World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09328-1_10
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