Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: A Thesis on the Power Structure of the New World Order
- Chapter I The New World Order: Features and Concepts
- Chapter II Factors Influencing the Structure of the New World Order
- Chapter III The New World Order: Decisive Junctures
- Chapter IV The New World Order: Economy, Trade and Energy
- Chapter V Public Opinion and the New World Order: A Survey of the UAE Population
- Chapter VI Prospective Structural Changes and their Consequences for the New World Order
- Chapter VII The New World Order: Future Outlook
- Conclusion
- APPENDICES
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter III - The New World Order: Decisive Junctures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2014
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: A Thesis on the Power Structure of the New World Order
- Chapter I The New World Order: Features and Concepts
- Chapter II Factors Influencing the Structure of the New World Order
- Chapter III The New World Order: Decisive Junctures
- Chapter IV The New World Order: Economy, Trade and Energy
- Chapter V Public Opinion and the New World Order: A Survey of the UAE Population
- Chapter VI Prospective Structural Changes and their Consequences for the New World Order
- Chapter VII The New World Order: Future Outlook
- Conclusion
- APPENDICES
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
History indicates that power has traditionally been, and remains, the central pillar of strategies and the main driver of policies and relations among countries and societies. The stronger party uses its power to impose its interests on others with no regard to their own interests or the damage it could inflict on them. Interactions among nations and societies have thus been based on the principle of “might makes right” since ancient times. My implication here is that the world order has not taken shape or fully developed over a specific period of time, but rather has passed through a gradual historical process, gaining from the lessons of each era and progressing to reach its complex incarnation at the end of the 20th century. The first international treaty was signed in 1258 BC between the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II and the Hittite King, Muwatallis, after which emerged the city-states in the ancient east, prior to the establishment of the state in its modern form. Historians note that the first treaty between these city-states was between the settlements of Lagash and Umma (in what is now Iraq) in 3100 BC. Within this historical process, it is imperative to highlight the contribution of ancient eastern civilizations, especially the Chinese and Indian, in instilling the rules of international relations.
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- Prospects for the American AgeSovereignty and Influence in the New World Order, pp. 244 - 341Publisher: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and ResearchPrint publication year: 2014