Is the age of the stand-alone dominant world power at an end? Is equitable relations between nations the trend

Question

In my opinion, nations are never going to lose the 'what's in it for me?' mentality, and nationalism is not going to go away. But is something completely different than the world's historical experience becoming more in nations' best interest? Does any nation think so?

Answer 1

That age ended a long time ago, at the begining of the cold war!

However!

The means to real peace. No government admits any more that
it keeps an army to satisfy occasionally the desire for conquest.
Rather the army is supposed to serve for defense, and one invokes the
morality that approves of self-defense. But this implies one's own
morality and the neighbor's immorality; for the neighbor must be
thought of as eager to attack and conquer if our state must think of
means of self-defense. Moreover, the reasons we give for requiring
an army imply that our neighbor, who denies the desire for conquest
just as much as does our own state, and who, for his part, also keeps
an army only for reasons of self-defense, is a hypocrite and a
cunning criminal who would like nothing better than to overpower a
harmless and awkward victim without any fight. Thus all states are
now ranged against each other: they presuppose their neighbor's bad
disposition and their own good disposition. This presupposition,
however, is inhumane, as bad as war and worse. At bottom, indeed, it
is itself the challenge and the cause of wars, because, as I have
said, it attributes immorality to the neighbor and thus provokes a
hostile disposition and act. We must abjure the doctrine of the army
as a means of self-defense just as completely as the desire for
conquests.

And perhaps the great day will come when people,
distinguished by wars and victories and by the highest development of
a military order and intelligence, and accustomed to make the
heaviest sacrifices for these things, will exclaim of its own free
will, "We break the sword," and will smash its entire military
establishment down to its lowest foundations. Rendering oneself
unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling
-- that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace
of mind; whereas the so-called armed peace, as it now exists in all
countries, is the absence of peace of mind. One trusts neither
oneself nor one's neighbor and, half from hatred, half from fear,
does not lay down arms. Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice
rather perish than make oneself hated and feared -- this must someday
become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth.

Our liberal representatives, as is well known, lack the time
for reflecting on the nature of man: else they would know that they
work in vain when they work for a "gradual decrease of the military
burden." Rather, only when this kind of need has become greatest
will the kind of god be nearest who alone can help here. The tree of
war-glory can only be destroyed all at once, by a stroke of
lightning: but lightning, as indeed you know, comes from a cloud --
and from up high.

(translation by W. Kaufmann, transcribed by T. Rourke. File archived
at Lord Etrigan's Nietzsche site...
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Good old Nietzsche!

Answer 2

You seem to support the idea of Realisim in international relations; the idea that nations look to balance power and seek only to advance their own self interests. That is a fair view of the international system but I do believe that nations are moving towards a shared best interests. The extent to which globalization and the interdependency of markets around the globe impact multiple nations makes nations more focused on shared goals, values, and policy approaches. In addition IGO's (Intergovernmental Organizations) like the UN and the WTO help nations develop international norms which make the "rules" of international interaction clear for everyone. Yes, we are finding a shared best interests, and that may make "whats in it for me" very much more like "whats in it for us?"

Answer 3

I don't see it that way. Countries will always move in their own best interest to one degree or another. Nationalism hasn't died out. It would be nice to be equitable but the truth is equitable relations only apply to allies and friends. Alot of countries consider the USA stupid because we try to be equitable. Some people will try to take advantage of that.

Answer 4

The Bible has plenty to assert about the finished cases. almost each and every e book of the Bible includes prophecy with reference to the finished cases. Taking all of those prophecies and organizing them will be perplexing. right it is a very short summary of what the Bible announces will ensue contained in the finished cases: Christ will eliminate all born-again believers who're area of the Church (New testomony saints) from the earth by technique of an adventure time-honored because the Rapture (a million Thessalonians 4:13-18; a million Corinthians 15:51ff). those believers will be rewarded for sturdy works and fix in the time of their time on the earth on the Judgment Seat of Christ or will lose rewards, yet no longer eternal lifestyles, for lack of service and obedience (a million Corinthians 3:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10). The antichrist (beast) will come into potential and signal a peace %. (covenant) with Israel for seven years (Daniel 9:27). This seven twelve months era of time is time-honored because the Tribulation. in the course of the Tribulation, there'll be undesirable wars, famines, plagues, and organic mess ups. God will be pouring out His wrath adverse to sin, evil, and wickedness. The Tribulation will include the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, and the seven seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments. about halfway by skill of the 7 years, the antichrist will destroy the peace covenant with Israel and make conflict adverse to them. The antichrist will carry out the abomination of desolation and set up a picture of himself to be worshipped contained in the temple (Daniel 9:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10). the 2d 1/2 of the Tribulation is time-honored because the finished Tribulation and the time of Jacob’s worry. on the finished of the seven twelve months Tribulation, the antichrist will launch a very last attack on Jerusalem, culminating contained in the conflict of Armageddon. Jesus Christ will go back, ruin the antichrist and his armies and solid them into the lake of fireplace (Revelation 19:11-21). Christ will then bind devil contained in the Abyss for 1000 years and could rule His earthly kingdom for this 1000 years (Revelation 20:a million-6). on the finished of the 1000 years, devil is will be released, defeated again, and then solid into the lake of fireplace (Revelation 20:7-10). Christ then judges all unbelievers (Revelation 20:10-15) on the finished White Throne Judgment, casting all of them into the lake of fireplace. Christ will then usher in a sparkling Heaven and New Earth and the hot Jerusalem - the eternal living position of believers. there'll be no more beneficial sin, sorrow, or lack of lifestyles (Revelation chapters 21-22).

Answer 5

Prolly. Why waste sleep over it though?

Answer 6

its ended the real world superpower is wallstreet