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There is a major difference between the present situation and the time of the first European concerts: in the nineteenth century, five predominating states excluded some ten others; today eight of them exclude 184 others, while the G20 excludes 173 of them. Yet, the major lesson to be drawn from globalization is total inclusion, which itself has two meanings: all peoples of the world are partners in the international system, and global governance can only function if it leaves no one standing at the door.
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© 2012 Bertrand Badie and Éditions La Découverte
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Badie, B. (2012). An Anomic International System. In: Diplomacy of Connivance. The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137006431_10
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