Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Trends and Transformations in World Politics, Bloomsbury Academic, ss.269-280, 2022
A quest for transformation has existed since the day human beings adopted a collective way of life and since the formation of civilizations. There have been conflicts between individuals, communities, and tribes and between states and nations from small-scale conflicts to larger wars. As civilizations developed, science and technology progressed, and transportation and communication opportunities between countries increased, the world started to get smaller. The “interest” and “influence” areas of countries increased, so “aggressive” and “imperialist” ambitions grew. In addition, regional powers and countries formed defense and attack pacts among themselves against the common enemy. Countries that understood they could not mean anything “alone” no matter how strong they were tried to join their forces with other countries. While approximately eighteen million people lost their lives in the First World War, the Second World War caused the death of more than thirty-five million people. Two successive all-out wars, millions of wounded widows and orphans, ruined cities and destroyed civilizations, declining prosperity, poverty, hunger, and misery, resulted in massive extinction and socioeconomic conditions that hit rock bottom. This sad picture has been a good lesson for humanity. For this reason, with the new process that started in the 1950s, countries can no longer risk war easily and, instead, prefer to resolve conflicts through reconciliation as much as possible. Therefore, with the end of the Second World War, large-scale wars seemed to have ended. However, the conflict of interest will continue to exist as in the past. Only the face and nature of the wars have changed. Since then, humanity has experienced several trends and transformations....