Multilateral conferences are the bread-and-butter of international politics. In such settings, countries may pursue their interests individually, but most of the time they prefer to act through coalitions. Such coalitions are overlapping, creating a network structure. States build and utilize networks to get agenda items pushed through or to block unfavorable ones. While sometimes they are formed on the basis of formal institutions (such as the NAM or the EU), frequently their membership is based on either ad hoc cooperation or existing informal bodies (such as the NSG, New Agenda Coalition, or Zangger Committee). The attention to such networks is, however, still in its infancy. This paper looks at how state networks within one of the most important recurring diplomatic conferences—the quinquennial NPT Review Conference—develop and transform over time. By doing so, the paper maps the existing networks and explains their transformation as an instrument of global governance.

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会议外交中的合作网络：防扩散制度的案例

多边会议是国际政治的支柱。在这种情况下，各国可能会单独追求自己的利益，但大多数时候他们更愿意通过联盟采取行动。这种联盟相互重叠，形成了一个网络结构。各国建立和利用网络来推动议程项目或阻止不利的议程项目。虽然有时它们是在正式机构（如 NAM 或欧盟）的基础上形成的，但它们的成员资格通常基于临时合作或现有的非正式机构（如 NSG、新议程联盟或桑格委员会）。然而，对此类网络的关注仍处于起步阶段。本文着眼于最重要的周期性外交会议之一——五年一次的 NPT 审议大会——内的国家网络如何随着时间的推移而发展和转变。通过这样做，本文绘制了现有网络并解释了它们作为全球治理工具的转变。