Diplomacy at the Highest Level: The Evolution of International Summitry

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Diplomacy at the Highest Level provides the first comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of international summitry. The implications of the increased involvement of political leaders in international diplomacy is analyzed through case-studies of specific meetings and types of summit representing a broad historical, geographic and political spectrum. The volume also explains the development of high-level meetings from pre-modern times until the present day, the increase in summitry in the twentieth century and the advantages and disadvantages of summits for international politics and diplomacy. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What is Summitry?....Pages 3-22 The Origins of Summit Diplomacy....Pages 23-37 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 The Group of Seven Summits....Pages 41-52 From ‘European Community Summit’ to ‘European Council’: The Development and Role of Summitry in the European Union....Pages 53-66 Superpower Summitry....Pages 67-87 NATO Summits....Pages 88-105 Funeral Summits....Pages 106-117 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings....Pages 118-131 African Summitry....Pages 132-146 Three Non-Aligned Summits — Harare 1986; Belgrade 1989 and Jakarta 1992....Pages 147-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 The Western Summit at Bermuda, December 1953....Pages 165-181 ‘Oh Don’t Deceive Me’: The Nassau Summit....Pages 182-199 ‘A Family Affair’: the Lancaster House Agreement....Pages 200-219 The Rio Earth Summit....Pages 220-243 Front Matter....Pages 245-245 How Useful is Summitry?....Pages 247-268 Back Matter....Pages 269-279