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Since 1945, the world has moved, haltingly but relentlessly, toward internationalism. And with the end of the Cold War and the apparent dominance of the West and its democratic and free-market systems, that march toward internationalism has proceeded apace, seemingly unstoppable. Or is it? With the Asian financial contagion spreading worldwide, the Russian democratic experiment coming undone, and cultural-ethnic violence flaring up around the world, one wonders.
Ambassador M^D/oller examines some of the major trends in the world system as we approach the new millennium: the stresses of globalization, the future role of the nation-state, the free-market system versus state-managed capitalism, and democratic pluralism versus Asian/Islamic/African/and other values. And he brings to this examination his background as a futurist, as a trade and economic affairs negotiator in the European Union, and as Ambassador to Singapore, one country where all these dynamics are at work. The larger question raised by Ambassador M^D/oller is: Are we poised on the brink of a new and truly internationalism millennium, or is this a sort of neo-Wilsonian phase destined for an abject and abrupt end? This book will be of interest to concerned citizens, futurists, and scholars and students of international relations around the world.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Prelude
Perspective--The Flywheels
Perspective--The Actors
Security Policy
The Political Enterprise
A World Model--Out's
A World Model--A Sketch
The Alternative
Select Bibliography
Index
About the author
J. ØRSTRØM MØLLER is Danish Ambassador to Singapore. Formerly the State Secretary in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Møller is the author of 28 earlier books, including
The Future European Model (Praeger, 1995).
