Multilateral Diplomacy and International Law: 19th Century Great Power Concert and the United Nations in a Comparative Perspective
Journal: Chinese Journal of International Law
Year: 2023

Abstract This paper focuses on the comparative analysis of 19th century great power concert and the United Nations Security Council as forms of great power management of international affairs. The analysis is conducted from a cross-disciplinary perspective of international politics and international law. The paper explores historical preconditions for each of those forms of great power management to be formed and come into operation, as well as the way in which each of them became subjected to l