Pax Chimerica: Asia’s Contested Order

Authors

Richard Javad Heydarian, De La Salle UniversityFollow

Abstract

Excerpt: The decisive collapse of the Soviet Union unleashed a euphoric discourse over a simple, yet profoundly consequential question: “So what now?” After almost a century of cataclysms—beginning with the First World War, which upended the relatively peaceful, post-Napoleonic order in Europe—there was now a genuine hope for lasting peace. Yet, the sheer weight of history, especially the violent and devastating nature of the 20th century, beckoned a more fundamental philosophical inquiry into the essence of the post-Cold War age and how it would look like.

Recommended Citation

Heydarian, Richard Javad (2015) "Pax Chimerica: Asia’s Contested Order," Social Transformations Journal of the Global South: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol3/iss2/6