Global challenges : the atlantic community and the outlook for international order / Guest editors, Otto Hieronymi, John King and Catherine Currat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Currat, Catherine.

Hieronymi, Otto.

King, John.

Series:

Foresight. No. 4 ; v. 6.

Foresight. No. 4 ; Vol. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fifteen years after the end of the Cold War there is a new deep worldwide preoccupation with the shortand long-term outlook for international order. The case of Iraq shows that there is no valid alternative to an international order based on the principles of democracy, respect for freedom, human rights, solidarity and international law. However, the foundations of this order have to be strengthened through effective cooperation and commitment, both by the developed and the developing world. No country, small or large, can feign indifference, go it alone or afford the illusion that it will not

Contents:

Contents; Abstracts & keywords; The complexity and the organizing principles of international order; A turning point for the better or for the worse? The current outlook for international order; The global challenge of human security; The new warfare and cooperative international security; The vulnerability of democracies; The implications of the rise of China; The Atlantic Community: new traditions, new roles; The foundations of the expanding Atlantic Community; The role of the USA in meeting global challenges; The need to strengthen the United Nations

The new urgency of effective arms control cooperationThe Centre for Future Studies; About the Guest Editors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51437-X

9786610514373

1-84544-173-7

OCLC:

70723994