Challenges to Peace in a Multipolar World

Shifting Power Structures, Regional Conflicts, and Global Justice
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-02967-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The contemporary international system is undergoing a profound transformation, marked by the transition from post-Cold War unipolarity towards an increasingly fragmented and competitive multipolar order. The resurgence of great power rivalry, strategic shifts, economic and trade war, technological contestation, and regional conflicts has fundamentally altered the global peace and security landscape.

Offering a critical and interdisciplinary examination of the changing dynamics of international peace and conflict, this book explores how major conflicts including the Russia–Ukraine War, Israel–Palestine conflict, Armenia–Azerbaijan dispute, Iran–Israel tensions, and the Kashmir issue reflect broader transformations in global power structures and the crisis of international norms. It also examines the growing significance of geo-economics, hybrid warfare, cyber insecurity, artificial intelligence, information warfare, climate change, resource scarcity, migration, and non-traditional security threats. Drawing on perspectives from international relations, peace and conflict studies, and global justice, the book engages with key theoretical approaches, including realism, great-power competition, new wars, and Johan Galtung’s distinction between negative and positive peace. It argues that sustainable peace cannot be achieved through military deterrence or conflict management alone, but requires political inclusion, social justice, human dignity, institutional reform, and meaningful international cooperation.

This volume will appeal to scholars, policymakers, and foreign policy practitioners with interests in international relations, global politics, defence and strategic studies, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy, maritime studies, Chinese studies, and South Asian studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khan, Aslam

Singh, Bawa

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction 1. The Dynamics of the Israel-Palestine Impasse: Nationalism, Territory, and Elusive Peace; 2. Finding a Path to Peace: A Strategic-Dialogue Model's Approach to the Karabakh Conflict; 3. The Changing Idea of India and Its Effects on the Kashmiri Insurgency; 4. Algorithmic Peacekeeping: Digital Platforms, Informal Mediation, and the Future of Conflict; 5. The Hybrid Nature of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Its Security Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region; 6. Russo-Ukrainian War and Peace-Literature; 7. Geopolitical Contestation and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: A Heuristic Perspective on the South China Sea; 8. The Regional Security Puzzle: Russia, China and India in Central Asia; 9. Global Shifts: India and ASEAN in the 'Indo-Pacific'; 10. The Hydro-politics of China over the Brahmaputra in Tibetan Plateau Region: A Threat to Regional Peace and Sustainable Development; 11. Japanese Cultural Soft Power Strategy for Changing Perceptions: Contextualising China's Perspectives; 12. Mass Atrocities against Rohingya People: Exploring the International Law and Actors on Potential Reparation Solution; 13. Gender Perspective on Water Management and Peacebuilding in South Asia: A Critical Inquiry; 14. Pandemic and Indigenous Resistance in Indonesia: Challenging Modern Symbols and Government Policies; 15. Citizen Participatory Model for Better Environment: A Study of 'Planting 111 Trees' Model in India; 16. Digital Hate against Migrants and Refugees: The Case of Italy-Turkey; and 17. Social Media, Cybercrime, and India's National Security: Exploring National Security and Digital Dimensions of Terrorism in Kashmir. Conclusion. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Aslam Khan is Professor at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, and Director of the Centre for Distance and Online Education. His research interests include international relations, peace and conflict studies, African politics, South Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and nuclear issues. His academic work engages with contemporary political, strategic, and peace-related questions, with particular attention to conflict, security, regional politics, and changing international power structures.

Bawa Singh is Professor in the Department of South and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India, and Dean of the School of International Studies. He is also Head of the Department of South and Central Asian Studies. His research interests include the geopolitics of South and Central Asia, Indian foreign policy, regional cooperation, global health diplomacy, and maritime security. His work examines contemporary regional and strategic developments.