Pillars of Globalization
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GLOBAL BIOSECURITY: Towards a New Governance Paradigm
Pillars of Globalization
Globalization as a process has been effecting human civilizations since the beginning of documented history. Where this process has brought us and where it is leading our policies, our security, and our future largely depends on the decisions that states take today.
This publication also emphasizes that for globalization to benefit humanity, the three major cultures of the world (Eastern cultures, Arab-Islamic cultures, and Western cultures), along with others, have to unite and uphold the world together (represented diagrammatically on the front cover) and not separately from one another.
Three diagnostic tools provide the means for measuring the impact of globalization from a number of perspectives and outline what we can expect for the future of the international system. The proposed timeline of globalization is very comprehensive and provides unique historical insights that are not focused only on events in Western civilizations. The reader will be surprised at their relevance to today's world events and their depth.
In defining globalization, the authors provide an innovative and inclusive yet simple new definition of globalization which states that:
"Globalization is a process that encompasses the causes, course, and consequences of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human activities."
The authors also provide the basis for careful analysis and conceptualization through the use of an innovative globalization matrix designed to predict patterns and policy as states handle the effects of this process as well as matrices for security and stability. This book provides an evolutionary and encyclopaedic reference to this vital concept and should provide a cornerstone for any further study when assessing the impact of globalization on our historical, modern, and future world.
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ENDORSEMENT
"The New Millennium requires new thinking about Globalization. The "Pillars of Globalization" with its innovative methods of inquiry reflect this new and thought-provoking approach to the understanding of relations and interconnections among states, societies and humans in today's global setting."
Dr. Fred Tanner, Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland
"Globalization has become a fact of life - in all human activities. It is useless to be for or against it. This book gives you a good insight into a very complicated problem."
Ambassador Edouard Brunner, President of the Foundation Council of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and former Swiss Ambassador to the United States
"This is a timely contribution to the globalization literature. With growing apprehensions about migration, terrorism, pandemics, and armed conflict, and as multilateral trade negotiations flounder, researchers and policy makers are taking a harder look at the future direction of globalization. As they do so, they will find this clear and insightful book to be essential reading in providing them with an understanding of the meaning of globalization, with a sense of its origins, and with innovative approaches to assessing globalization issues, especially as they relate to international security and stability."
Dr. John M. Treddenick, Professor of Economics, College of International and Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. The Pillars of Globalization
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
2. Definitions of Globalization: A Comprehensive Overview and a Proposed Definition
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann
3. Historical Milestones of Globalization
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann
4. Proposal for a Globalization Matrix: Quantifying Impacts and Responses
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann
Graeme Herd
5. Proposal for a Stability Matrix
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Hrair Balian
Graeme Herd
6. Proposal for a Security Matrix
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan
Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann
Marc Finaud
7. The Future of Globalization
Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan