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War Occurrence: Hyper-Insecurity and Multilateral Institutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

TAKASHI INOGUCHI
TAKASHI INOGUCHI*
Affiliation:
University of Niigata [email protected]
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Two lines of argument seem to stand solidly without seeing eye to eye with each other about the current world order. Steven Pinker, the American psychologist, writes about the steady reduction in human violence in settling disputes among humankind (Pinker, 2012). John Mearsheimer, the American political scientist, writes about the structurally almost inevitable conflicts of interest between great powers in the early twenty-first century in his analysis of hegemonic competition between the United States and China (Mearsheimer, 2005). It is not necessary to note that their arguments are made looking at conflicts of interest and use of violence from very different angles and time ranges. Yet their differences are stark and clear. Pinker says that the future is bright and shining due to the non-use of violence. Mearsheimer says that the future is dark and potentially devastating due to the consequences of the high tensions surrounding the conflicts of interest. The question posed at the outset is thus: Is the current era one of peace or war?

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Special Issue Articles: Whither Multilateralism?
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Japanese Journal of Political Science , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 388 - 398
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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