Table of Contents

• Reform and an Old Dilemma
  
  • More Informality
    
  • More institutionality
    
  • The false dilemma
    

• The Role and Composition of the G-7
  
  • Does the West still exist?
    
  • Can and must the G-7 continue to represent the West?
    
  • The validity of the present G-7 composition
    

• The Substance and Effectiveness of the G-7
  
  • The accent on microeconomics
    
  • Institutional promotion
    
  • A new development strategy
    
  • Political and security matters
    
  • Global issues
    

• The Functioning of the G-7
  
  • Regional and global harmonization
    
  • More functional clarity
    

• Concluding Remarks
  
  • More preparation
    

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Source: The International Spectator, 29, No. 2 (April/June 1994), Special Issue, pp. 5-25. Copyright ©, Istituto Affari Internazionali. Reproduced by permission of the author and Istituto Affari Internazionali.