Over the past century, the destructive nature of war has changed dramatically. As a result, argues Jonathan Schell, the world now faces two stark options: continuing along a path of military coercion to settle disputes, a path that leads toward eventual armageddon, or pursuing a nonviolent, political path toward new and more democratic institutions—including a revised notion of national sovereignty—to resolve… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesWar seems to be the way of an overpopulated world where resources are scarce and people are unaware of how by greed and overbreeding they crowd each other off the earth by using the surrogate excuses of ethnicity, nationalism, idealogy, and religion. The future indeed does look bleak on this front and a vision of a future world that is sustainable and far less populated is not now in the cards, but nontheless needs to be put forward as the only hope for a peaceful world. I think it more likely that centuries of conflict lie ahead, further destroying an already diminished carrying capacity. I hope I am wrong but we are currently on this track.
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