DOI: 10.5176/2251-2853_3.1.134
Authors: Magdalena Leichtova
Abstract:
In this article I consider G-something an attempt of nation states to answer the fact that the ever growing number of economic transactions, security threats, and political issues passes from the national or international spheres into the socalled transnational sphere, i.e. beyond the borders and authority of the nation states. International terrorism, global warming, migration waves, global civic society, international corporations, international financial flows, and many other issues and actors which change the character of international environment are no more dependent on the intentions and policies of states. Coordinating the actions within a small group of world powers of similar views via a semi-formal grouping is, in my opinion, the response of nation states to these changes. Strong nation states want to retain their share of participation in the changes of the international environment and, if possible, to direct them in a manner which would not jeopardise the strong position of states as a type of actor and the position of the member states of that grouping as individual units.
Keywords: G8, G20, Global governance, international management, great powers
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