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Diplomacy of ConnivanceWestern “Nobility”

Diplomacy of Connivance: Western “Nobility” [The idea of “unipolarity” has receded in some places more than in others. As for the idea of Western leadership, it is still basking in the collapse of the Soviet system and appears routinely both in analyses and in professions of faith. The discourse around this idea merits attention, as it has weighed heavily on contemporary trends in the international system. But in its expansion, the G8 has given rise to a new stratum, that of the emerging powers, a discreet and mild designation that evokes in many minds the notion of “nouveau riche,” or the even more cruel “parvenu,” indicating an individual who has managed to climb to a certain rank of which he does not yet possess the manners. Political systems, types of law, culture, language, religion, and history—anything can be used to create new distinctions, to separate the nobles of the sword from those who bought their rank, driving the former to certain nobiliary reactions. It was indeed a form of nobility that was reconstituted within the oligarchy. The West seemed fated to supply it with an identity, according to the old formula “The West and the rest”—which was sufficient enough to create new tensions (Mahbubani, 2005).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Diplomacy of ConnivanceWestern “Nobility”

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2012
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978-1-349-43504-3
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99 –114
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10.1057/9781137006431_6
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[The idea of “unipolarity” has receded in some places more than in others. As for the idea of Western leadership, it is still basking in the collapse of the Soviet system and appears routinely both in analyses and in professions of faith. The discourse around this idea merits attention, as it has weighed heavily on contemporary trends in the international system. But in its expansion, the G8 has given rise to a new stratum, that of the emerging powers, a discreet and mild designation that evokes in many minds the notion of “nouveau riche,” or the even more cruel “parvenu,” indicating an individual who has managed to climb to a certain rank of which he does not yet possess the manners. Political systems, types of law, culture, language, religion, and history—anything can be used to create new distinctions, to separate the nobles of the sword from those who bought their rank, driving the former to certain nobiliary reactions. It was indeed a form of nobility that was reconstituted within the oligarchy. The West seemed fated to supply it with an identity, according to the old formula “The West and the rest”—which was sufficient enough to create new tensions (Mahbubani, 2005).]

Published: Mar 5, 2015

Keywords: International Relation; Security Council; Security Council Resolution; Small Nation; Nobel Peace Prize

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