Die Sicherheit des Westens

G8 summit meetings are events that still attract considerable attention in the international press. Their origin as G7 summits (minus Russia in the days of the Cold War) goes back to the economic and political crises of the 1970s. Enrico Böhm looks back at the expectations and roles linked to the summits, which are also indicators of the ways that international politics has changed in an era of more intensive globalization.