Eurasia, a new peace agenda

Introduction / Majid Tehranian -- Religious challenges to global security / Mark Juergensmeyer -- Nuclear dilemmas in the 21st century / Yuri E. Fedorov -- The role of Russia in global security / Michael D. Intriligator -- Confidence building measures in Asia / Jozef Goldblat -- Western conflict-management as militarism and imperialism / Jan Oberg -- Globalization and world peace / Thomas L. Friedman -- Russian Eurasianism and American exceptionalism / Alexander I. Nikitin -- New Russian identity formation / Alexander Tsypko -- The caspian between conflict and cooperation / Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh -- Multiculturalism in crisis : liberal-conformity, Asian values or unforced consensus? / Johan Saravanamuttu -- Relational identity and ethnic conflict resolution in inner Asia / Dru C. Gladney -- Kazakhstans security challenges in a changing world / Rafis Abazov -- Globalization and dialogue among civilizations / Marshall I. Goldman -- Globalization and civilizations / Yuri V. Yakovets -- Universalizing dialogue / Mohammad Taheri -- Resisting global hegemony / Kinhide Mushakoji -- Civilizations and their discontents / Robert Anderson -- Coalition building for peace / Paul van Tongeren, Guido de Graaf Bierbrauwer -- Superterrorism : implications for a new security strategy / Alexei G. Arbatov. - Eurasia: A New Peace Agenda includes chapters from a distinguished group of Eurasian scholars, journalists, and diplomats. The volume is focused on a new peace agenda grounded in a dialogue among the Eurasia civilizations. Part I deals with the problems and prospects of such a dialogue and its consequences for world peace. Part II focuses on the old dilemmas and new challenges in Eurasian security. The nuclear arms race, religious resurgence, super-terrorism, militarism, imperialism, and confidence building are among the topics. Part III concentrates on globalization and regionalization as the two dominant Eurasian trends. The volume compares and contrasts regionalist trends in Europe, Asia, and North America. The competition and cooperation among different global forces led by the United States, Europe, and Asia for resources and identities are the main foci