Building a New Global Order: Emerging Trends in International Security

ISBN 10: 0195409647 / ISBN 13: 9780195409642

Published by Oxford University Press, 1994

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Synopsis:

The end of the cold war has not brought greater security to the world. Although the likelihood of global nuclear war has been reduced, other threats to international peace-are becoming increasingly evident. As the Gulf War of 1991 demonstrated, regional conflicts can expand, adopting the methods and means of the earlier superpower confrontation. Written by international authorities in a wide range of disciplines, the essays in this book examine what is known, what must be determined, and what might be done with respect to these profound and urgent issues.

Synopsis: The end of the Cold War era has not brought greater security to the world community. Although the likelihood of a global strategic nuclear war has been reduced significantly, we have already witnessed the impact of other challenges to international peace. The Gulf War raised the spectre of expanding regional conflicts adopting the means and methods of the previous superpower confrontation. The disintegration of the Horn of Africa, the Civil War in the Balkans, and the resurgence of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia all reveal the continuing power of historic ethnic, religious, and national rivalries, and the seeming inability of the international community to deal effectively with these tragedies. Weapons technologies, modern telecommunications and transportation, demographic changes and resource imbalances, and the globalization of production together raise enormous challenges as we move into the 21st century. Are the international institutions with which we have lived since the end of the Second World War up to the task? This book addresses many of these basic and profound issues.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Building a New Global Order: Emerging Trends...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good