Abstract
For Colin Bradford, a former chief economist at the US Agency for International Development, the G20 has already virtually replaced the G8 and thus offers a “grand narrative,” that of “cultural diversity in the global age.”1 For according to this American economist,
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
Colin Bradford, “The Cultural Foundations for the New Dynamics of Summitry,” in Colin Bradford and Wonhyuk Lim (eds), Global Leadership in Transition. Making the G20 More Effective and Responsive, Seoul and Washington, Korea Development Institute et Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
Ibid.
Walter Lippmann, The Cold War, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1947.
On the notion of geopolitical narrative, see Karoline Postel-Vinay, “Récits géopolitiques pour le XXIe siècle,” Études, January 2005 (available atdiplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/IMG/pdf/0102-Postel-Vinay_OnlinePDF.pdf–Last accessed on October 16, 2013)).
See in particular Romano Prodi, interview on Europe, Le Monde, October 26, 1999; Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Robert Howse, “ ‘This Is My Eutopia …’: Narrative as Power,” Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 40, no. 4, 2002
Justine Lacroix and Kalypso Nicolaïdis, European Stories, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010.
John Kirton, “Why the G8 Will Endure,” G8-G20 Publications and Papers, University of Toronto, 10 February 2011.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 2014 Karoline Postel-Vinay
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Postel-Vinay, K. (2014). Conclusion: The G20, A New Grand Geopolitical Narrative?. In: The G20: A New Geopolitical Order. CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137367754_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137367754_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Pivot, New York
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-47461-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-36775-4
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)