Abstract
BETWEEN UTOPIA AND STRATEGY : THE HIERARCHY OF NATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM, by GUY HERMET The lessons suggested by history up until the 20th century and the views held today concerning the formation and working of the international system would appear to some extent incompatible. Both the neo-marxist theoreticians like Wallerstein and those of the anglo-saxon diplomatic-strategic school now lay down the axiom of inequality between States as a factor which no longer determines a dynamic trend in the hierarchy of nations, but its change into a rigid structure where a closed minority of countries dominate the world. However, the facts continue to show that the « centre » of the world system is still not impervious to the ambitions of a few new major international actors, whether they be old powers revived like Japan and Germany, or new major industrial countries like Brazil. [Revue française de science politique XXX (2), avril 1980, pp. 205-221.]
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