Globalization, values, interests

• Main Author: Radojičić Mirjana S.
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade 2003-01-01
• Series: Filozofija i Društvo
• Subjects: values; interests; international politics; international relations; globalization; the Yugoslav crisis; the war against Iraq
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2003/0353-57380323133R.pdf

The nature of the international politics, after the Cold War directed by the U.S. as the only current super-power, are considered in the text. The author’s intention is to stress the main points of divergence between moralistic-valuable rhetoric and the foreign policy practice of the U.S. In that sense, the examples of the American stand, i.e. the active treatment of the Yugoslav crisis, on the one hand, and the crisis in the Persian Gulf, on the other hand, is considered. The author’s conclusion is that the foreign policy of the only current super-power is still directed by interests rather then by values. In the concluding part, the author presents an anthropologic argument in favor of reestablishing "balance of power" as the only guarantee for peace and stability of the world.