Although they disagree on many points, Kofi Annan and Mark Mazower together illuminate the intricacies and rituals of international cooperation, writes Hilary Charlesworth. An electronic copy of the review can be access by clicking here.

Image: Realist with dreams? Kofi Annan speaking at a World Organisation Against Torture meeting in Geneva in 2010. Portrayed in the painting is banker Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Geneva’s ambassador to the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Pierre Abensur/Flickr

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Charlesworth, Hilary (2014) ‘The internationalist dream’, Inside Story, available at: http://insidestory.org.au/the-internationalist-dream/.