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29/05/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Summit Fever

What really happens in intergovernmental summits? Jonathan Powell investigates.

Yalta, Potsdam, Maastricht. Summit meetings between heads of state have shaped the world, but what happens behind the scenes when leaders meet? Jonathan Powell investigates.

Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's former Chief of Staff, discusses what happens at intergovernmental summits. There are now more summits than ever before, and world leaders often see more of each other than they do of their cabinet colleagues back home. How have they emerged as the decision making forum of our era and could they ever be replaced by skype or teleconferencing? Powell's interviewees include Tony Blair, Lord Carrington, Lord Hurd, David Milliband, and Lord Robertson.

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