Pax Chimerica: Asia’s Contested Order
Excerpt: The decisive collapse of the Soviet Union unleashed a euphoric discourse over a simple, yet profoundly consequential question: “So what now?” After almost a century of cataclysms—beginning with the First World War, which upended the relatively peaceful, post-Napoleonic order in Europe—there...
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Archīum Ateneo
2015
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/stjgs/vol3/iss2/6 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/stjgs/article/1072/viewcontent/ST_203.2_206_20Book_20review_20__20Heydarian.pdf |
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| Summary: | Excerpt: The decisive collapse of the Soviet Union unleashed a euphoric discourse over a simple, yet profoundly consequential question: “So what now?” After almost a century of cataclysms—beginning with the First World War, which upended the relatively peaceful, post-Napoleonic order in Europe—there was now a genuine hope for lasting peace. Yet, the sheer weight of history, especially the violent and devastating nature of the 20th century, beckoned a more fundamental philosophical inquiry into the essence of the post-Cold War age and how it would look like. |
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