Full Description
This text examines one of the major questions of the age: how should humanity organize itself on the highest levels of governance - the global level. A just world order must have a deep foundation, including the development of a global culture of peace and spirituality. The increased role of women and non-governmental organizations is crucial, as is the mutual understanding, appreciation, and even synthesis of religions. With an integrated approach to world order, it is argued, the deeper peace that humanity needs and longs for could be possible. It then reviews the development of international law and the current means of promoting and enforcing it, in the abcence of an international police force. The essays look at the role of the military in the Cold War and after, and review the prospects for war and peace in the 21st century.
Contents
Message from K.Annan - Foreword; D.Ikeda - Introduction; A.Walter Dorn - PART I: POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES - The Evolution of World Order - Conceptions of World Order; A.Rapoport - The Development of International Law; J.Hatfield-Lyon - Securing Compliance: Carrots, Sticks and Disarmament Treaties; A.Walter Dorn - The Role of the Military - The Cold War Retrospective: Mishaps that Might have Started Accidental Nuclear War; A.Phillips - The Role of the Military in the Next Century: Coping with the Specter of Praetorianism; B.MacDonald - The Decline of the War; L.Johnson - The United Nations - Challenges for the World and for the United Nations; C.Spencer - Mother Earth and the United Nations; R.Bertell - Establishing the Rules: The UN Experience in Iraq; M.Kilgour - An International Criminal Court; F.Watt - Prospects for UN Reform; G.Pearson - A Vision for the UN in the Twenty-first Century; A.Walter Dorn - PART II: CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL APPROACHES - Developing a Culture of Peace - The Evolution of Diplomacy: Does Official Diplomacy (Track I) Benefit from Citizen Diplomacy (Track II)?; C.Chataway - Quality of Life and a Culture of Peace; S.Farlinger - Peace through Global Education; G.Kibedi - Spiritual Approaches to Peace - A Buddhist Perspective on Peace; Y.Kawada - Building Peace: A Buddhist View; D.Vokey - World Religion for the Coming Age; H.Newcombe - The Baha'i Vision of World Order; C.Farhoumand - Toward a New World Order (A First Nations View); Gawitrha - World Order: Verbalized or Operational Concept (A Christian View); Archbishop Scott - Spirituality and the United Nations; S.Chinmoy - Annex: Caledon Declaration on 'The Evolution of World Order: Building a Foundation for Peace in the Third Millennium'
