Evolution of the International Order and Response to the Syria and Iraq Conflicts (Vol. 1)

In the world following the end of the cold war, a process of trial and error led to the formation of a kind of common order. On the other hand, the formation of this order has inexorably unleashed tragic conflicts between ethnic groups and religious sects placed under certain conditions.
This book, while ascertaining concepts that become premises such as “ethnic and sectarian groups”, “common order”, “culture and value”, aims to remain as objective as possible in explaining how we should understand the present conflicts, and how, based on lessons learned from the past, we should go about deploying a coherent response to these kinds of conflicts that is consistent with “common order”, and in doing so bring about a wide-ranging shared awareness. In the present world where various cultures are confronting each other, that is absolutely indispensable for the people to coexist in peace and stability while retaining their diversity.
(This book was published in November 2013 and revised in July 2014. It was originally published in Japanese and is now under translation. It will be published in three parts.)