VOL. XLV

No 42

21-October-2002

US, Russia, China AndIndia: A New Quartet For A New International System?

by Giandomenico Picco

Giandomenico Picco is Chairman and CEO of GDP Associates, Inc, and former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

A year after the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers in New York, the dynamics within the world of international affairs have led to a challenge, by some, of what legitimacy is and where it comes from. In the past, the redefinition of new...