Foreword, by Olivier Urbain Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Ikeda's Vision for Realizing a Global Civilization: The Power of Inner Transformation and Dialogue 1 The Global Crisis through the Lens of Ikeda and His Contemporaries 2 Where We Are Now and What Is Required to Achieve a Peaceful Global Civilization Part II. From Individual to Global Transformation: Multiple Pathways 3 Case Study The Inner Transformation of JFK and the End of the Cold War 4 The Power of Self-Transformation as the Beginning of Internal and External Liberation: The Nexus of Buddhism, Liberation Theology, and Law 5 Dialogue and Dialogic Mechanisms: Creating a Global Framework for Deliberative Democracy, Human Rights, and Cultural Pluralism Part III. Visualizing a Global Civilization of Harmony and Interdependence in Concrete Terms 6 The Converging Theoretical and Empirical Elements of Global Civilization: International Relations, Inclusive/Humane Governance, and Cosmopolitan Democracy 7 Emerging Pillars of a Peaceful Global Civilization: Nuclear Disarmament, United Nations Reform, and the International Criminal Court 8 The Challenge of Climate Change: Searching for Human Solidarity in a Divided World 9 Conclusion: Contextualizing Ikeda in the Struggle to Restructure International Politics Afterword, by Brian J. Foley Appendix Preamble of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Bibliography Index