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To evaluate today’s challenges to peace and security it is appropriate to take a long-term perspective. A look at the trends in armed conflicts is a starting-point. Data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Project (UCDP) help us in this regard. The assessment also requires a study of the relationships between the actors most responsible for keeping international peace and security, the major powers, again observing pertinent trends. This will be approached in terms of particularistic and universalistic relations. Finally, it needs a discussion on possible alternatives in order to keep a focus on a world of peace and security that is beneficial for the entire international system and, in that sense, for the planet as a whole. This chapter is devoted to these three tasks.
In: A Shift in the Security Paradigm—Global Challenges: is Europe ready to meet them? Edited by J. Martín Ramírez, and Jerzy Biziewski. © 2020 Springer International. Submitted: 7 November 2019; accepted: 4 December, 2019. The author is grateful for comments on this chapter from participants at XLVIII CICA International Conference (Madrid, May 27–29, 2019) and to Bill Montross for editorial comments. He remains solely responsible for the content.
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Wallensteen, P. (2020). Today’s Challenges to International Peace and Security: Searching for Quality in International Affairs. In: Ramírez, J.M., Biziewski, J. (eds) A Shift in the Security Paradigm. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43253-9_8
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