This book challenges the current thinking and strategies in the field of global peace and security. It is clear that current global public and private institutions are inadequate for the challenges we face today. These challenges cut across borders and require a more coordinated and concerted effort to find workable solutions. This book therefore begins with the question of global leadership and works its way back to the interconnected dynamics of global modernity and conflict. It is divided into four parts, each addressing a fundamental challenge to global peace and security. By exploring how we break out of the current framework, in which we understand global activities and the distribution of resources, and this book provides new ways of understanding the material, cultural, political, and spiritual relations that form the basis of international society.
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1 Introduction: Securing the Future of Humanity in Challenging Times |
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Part I Leadership, Complexity and Global Governance |
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2 Section Introduction: Why We Need More Effective Leadership at the Global Level |
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3 Where Democratization and Globalization Meet |
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4 New Thinking About Global Governance in an Intermestic World |
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5 Fragmented Responsibility in a Global World |
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Part II Technology and Peace |
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6 Utilizing Technology for Peace: Seeking New Solutions |
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7 Peace Data, Peace Finance, and Peace Engineering: Advancing the Design of Respectful Spaces and Sustainable Development Goals |
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8 Decentralized Networks vs The Trolls |
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9 Understanding Digital Conflict Drivers |
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Part III Structural Inequalities |
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10 Acknowledging and Addressing the Inequalities in the International System |
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11 Women, Peace, and Security: What Are the Connections? What Are the Limitations? |
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12 Environmental Reproductive Justice: Intersections in an American Indian Community Impacted by Environmental Contamination |
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13 Peace, Violence and Inequality in a Climate-Disrupted World |
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14 Coda Introduction: Pushing Toward the Future |
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15 Peace in Pieces: Limits to Progress in Economy, Ethics, and World Order |
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Hoda Mahmoudi is Research Professor and Chair, The Bahįķ Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, USA.
Michael Allen is Professor and Chair of Political Science on the Harvey Wexler Chair in Political Science, and Co-Director of International Studies, Bryn Mawr College, USA.
Kate Seaman is Assistant Director, The Bahįķ Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland, USA.