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Peace-Building and Geopolitical Fantasies

Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World Part 1

ISBN: 978-1-78190-335-3, eISBN: 978-1-78190-336-0

Publication date: 12 December 2012

Abstract

Efficiency of peace-building relies on a vision of the future, partly at least. But nobody can provide a forecast free from prejudice and attitudes deeply rooted in the past. As a result, many so-called long-term “forecasts” are actually “geopolitical fantasies.” The chapter tackles forecasts of the possible fate of the United States, the European Union, Russia, and China in the twenty-first century, a general issue of war and peace in both the remote and foreseeable futures, and prospects of peace-building.

Citation

Rukavishnikov, V. (2012), "Peace-Building and Geopolitical Fantasies", Bo, C., Chatterji, M. and Chaoyan, H. (Ed.) Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World Part 1 (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 20 Part 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 243-263. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-8323(2012)0000020013

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