A World Transformed: Reflections on the International System, China and Global Development

ISBN-13: 9781433177118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 190 str.

Danilo Türk

Opis

The book describes the currently precarious state of an emerging multipolar world at the time of the peaceful rise of China.

Spis treści

Preface - The International System - A Unipolar or Multipolar World? - The Role of Norms, Values and Institutions in International Politics - An Organized International Community: The United Nations - The Global and the Regional in the Contemporary International System - The Threat of Terrorism and International Responses - The Potential of International Law in Times of Crises - Ethics and Creativity in International Relations - Part Two: China - The Peaceful Rise of China - A Case for Partnership: The European Union and China as Actors and Objects of Global Change - Three Messages of an Anniversary - The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the World - Greening the Belt and Road - Creating Durable Peace - The Belt and Road Green Development - The Promise of E-Commerce - In Search of Balance: Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology - Contours of a New International Economic Order - Davos - Part Three: Global Development - A Concept of Development: From Growth to Sustainability and Social Responsibility - The Human Right to Development - What We Cannot Measure, We Cannot Manage: Indicators for Measuring Progress - Greening Urban Living - Water as an Instrument of Development and Peace - China and Global Trade - The Future of Multilateralism - A World Transformed - About the Author - Index.

O autorze

Danilo Türk is Emeritus Professor of International Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and former President of the Republic of Slovenia (2007-2012). He had served as Ambassador to the UN (1992-2000), including to its Security Council, and was UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (2000-2005).