Institute of Great Powers at the English School of International Relations
This article is devoted to the analysis an institute of Great powers in English school of international relations. The aim of the article is to demonstrate the specific schools approach to the international policy on the example of one of the institutions. The sources for the study were the texts of published works by leading members of the English school. Conception of International society was the base for the English School theory of International relations. International society consist of network International institutes. The balance of power, diplomacy, war, international law and the Great Power management considered the most important institutions. M. Wight and H. Bull articulate such position. The problem of studying the institutions of international cooperation recognized as an undoubted merit of the school and acts as the most dynamically developing part of its overall concept. Some modern researchers even tend to consider this thematic line as a common marker applicable to the designation of the entire scientific community today. There is certainly a certain logic in this approach, reflecting the general retrospective of the development of the concept of international society by several generations of British researchers. The idea of Great Power management had wide spread in International Relations theory, in spite of internal controversies into this concept today. Meanwhile, H. Bull developed a kind of anthology of this concept. He believed that the great powers perform important functions and show a historical movement from a system of states to the modern international society. Modern representatives of the school agreed with him although they highlight a number of contradictions. Main conclusion of the article is that in the approach to the institutes of the Great power reflects specific and internal history schools conception. It is an important tool in the concept of international society, although it comes into internal conflict with the norms of current international law. At a minimum, the Great Powers management does not act in the English School of International Relations as either a scientific atavism or a political misunderstanding, but an important part conception of International society.