World Order for a New Millennium : Political, Cultural and Spiritual Approaches to Building Peace

by Dorn, A. Walter

• ISBN13: 9780312216351
• ISBN10: 0312216351
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-12-10
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

World Order for a New Millenniumexamines one of the major questions of our age: how humanity should 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. With an integrated approach to world order, the deeper peace that humanity needs and longs for could be possible. This book provides an overview of the various types of world order, based on the three strategies of coercion, exchange, and integration.

Author Biography

A. Walter Dorn is a Visiting Fellow at Cornell University in the Peace Studies Program and on faculty at the Pearson Peacekeeping Center in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Table of Contents

Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations	x
Kofi Annan
Foreword	xii
Daisaku Ikeda
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	xvi
A. Walter Dorn
PART I. POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES
The Evolution of World Order
Conceptions of World Order	3	(13)
Anatol Rapoport
The Historical Development of International Law	16	(9)
Jennie Hatfield-Lyon
Carrots, Sticks and Bombs: Securing Disarmament Treaty Compliance without a World Police	25	(10)
A. Walter Dorn
Economic Bases for World Order: Corporate Capitalism and/or Market Socialism?	35	(10)
Myron J. Gordon
World Order by Trade and Investment Decree: The Global Corporate System	45	(12)
John McMurtry
The Military
A Cold War Retrospective: Mishaps That Might Have Started Accidental Nuclear War	57	(7)
Alan Phillips
The Decline of International War	64	(5)
Leonard V. Johnson
Indicators of Militarization: Coping with the Specter of Praetorianism	69	(10)
Brian S. MacDonald
The United Nations
Challenges for the World and for the United Nations,	79	(10)
Christopher Spencer
Recent United Nations Agreements: A Force for Change (Annex: The Earth Charter),	89	(10)
Rosalie Bertell
Monitoring the Rules: the United Nations and Iraq,	99	(11)
D. Marc Kilgour
The Creation of an Independent and Effective International Criminal Court	110	(8)
Fergus Watt
The United Nations in the Twenty-First Century: A Vision for an Evolving World Order	118	(21)
A. Walter Dorn
PART II. CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL APPROACHES
Developing a Culture of Peace
The Evolution of Diplomacy: Coordinating Tracks I and II,	139	(8)
Cynthia J. Chataway
Quality of Life and a Culture of Peace	147	(13)
Shirley Farlinger
UNESCO Declarations and Appeals	160	(12)
Building Peace through a New Ethics: An Educational Task,	172	(7)
Guy Bourgeault
Spiritual Dimensions
World Order: Verbalized or Operational Concept? (A Christian Commentary)	179	(2)
Edward W. Scott
A Christian Statement of Faith on ``Peace in the Nuclear Age'', United Church of Canada	181	(5)
Pursuing Opportunities for Shalom in the World: A Jewish View	186	(10)
Martin I. Lockshin
From Inner Peace to World Peace: A Buddhist Perspective	196	(8)
Yoichi Kawada
Creating Inner Peace: A Buddhist View	204	(9)
Daniel Vokey
Toward a ``New World'' Order: A Native Perspective	213	(6)
Gawitrha
World Religion for the Coming Age	219	(14)
Hanna Newcombe
The Baha'i Conception of World Order	233	(13)
Cheshmak Farhoumand
Charles O. Lerche
The Inner Role of the United Nations	246	(7)
Sri Chinmoy
The Caledon Declaration on Building a Foundation for Peace in the Third Millennium	253	(9)
Index	262