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summit: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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summit1 CONSTRUCTSummit (diplomacy)KAUFMANN · HEADS OF STATE

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International relations

A meeting of heads of state at the highest level

In international relations, a summit is a meeting of heads of state or government (the highest level of political representation) convened to negotiate directly rather than through envoys. The word is borrowed metaphorically from the mountain peak, the ‘highest level’, but the construct is a diplomatic event, not a place. Kaufmann's 1998 Summit diplomacy: Conference style analyses how such top-level conferences are organised and what they can and cannot achieve. The referent is a form of high-level negotiation, assessed by its conduct and outcomes, and it has nothing in common with a mountain top beyond that image of the top.[1]

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A top-level meeting of heads of state assessed by its negotiations and outcomes
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Evaluated by agreements reached, communiqués issued, and the conduct of the negotiation

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References

  1. Kaufmann, J. (1998). Summit diplomacy: Conference style. In The diplomacy of international relations. Brill | Nijhoff. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004632233_011

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