Global Peace And Security - 9780367012052

Taylor & Francis

These essays provide an overview of the possibilities for and limitations of providing political direction in a global system characterized by social, economic, and technological change. > Focusing on the social, economic, and political structures of the postwar global order, this collection of essays discusses the search for a new international economic order, the transformation of the nation-state and the international balance of power, the technological and strategic dimensions of the nuclear age, East-West trade and technology tr > Preface -- Learning Peace -- Transition to Peace and Justice: The Challenge of Transcendence Without Utopia -- Japan and the Future Trajectory of the World-System: Lessons from History? -- On the Rise of the Fourth World -- The Transatlantic Community and West European Integration: The Dynamics of Change -- The Soviet Union and World Order -- Promoting Technology Trade: Strategies for Suppliers and Recipients -- Nuclear Fission: Reaction to the D.