Issue 3

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Volume 1
SEPTEMBER 2013
Issue 3

Federico Mayor Zaragoza

For a Universal Declaration of Democracy

The Charter of the UN, which was adopted on behalf of the “Peoples of the United Nations”, reaffirms the “faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small”… However, the term “democracy” is not used by any of its provisions. The democratic nature of the government is not the main requirement for a State to become eligible to join the United Nations; nor is the…

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Lead Articles

Federico Mayor Zaragoza

For a Universal Declaration of Democracy

The system of democracy, based on freedom, is the most adequate means to ensure national peace and international peace...

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Jayasree Ahuja

A New Foundation for Knowledge Organization in 21st century

Knowledge organization has a major role to play in effective and efficient storage and dissemination of information. Traditionally, enumerated subject heading lists, library classification systems...

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Jakob von Uexkull

Science and Spirituality: Observations from the Battlefield

Discussions on this topic usually start from the premises that science provides the only legitimate modern path to truth, and that we live in a mechanistic universe, where the material level...

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Ljudmila Popović

Break Downs and Break Throughs: Empires through Crises and Transformations

As we attempt to assess the scope and the short and long-term consequences of today’s multifaceted crisis, one quality point of entry into its problematics and convoluted paradoxes can be by taking a look...

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Gerald Gutenschwager

The Dialectic of Change

It would appear that the dialectic between opposites is a universal law of nature. Heraclitus spoke of it metaphorically as “war, the father of all things”, which when combined with ...

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Nancy Flournoy

Corruption of the Scientific Method

We begin by reviewing the scientific method, as it is widely espoused but narrowly defined in the Western world. This method is accepted worldwide as a major group decision-making process...

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Michael Marien

Book Review: Megachange: The World in 2050

A broad-ranging survey by past or current Economist editors, seeking “to identify and explore the great trends that are transforming the world… (and) how these developments might shape the world in 2050.” ...

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Jüri Engelbrecht

World University: Global Strategy for Higher Education

Universities have a very special place in the society because they have faced challenges over centuries being probably the oldest ...

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J. Martin Ramirez

Aggressiveness can be Psychobio-logically Milded: How to Achieve Peace

The main message of the Seville Statement on Violence (SSV), elaborated in the early 80s of the last century by scientists from all the world and from many different disciplines and endorsed by...

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Francesco Stipo et al

The Future of the Pacific and its Relevance for Geo-economic Interests

Over the past decade, the center of world’s economic growth has moved away from the Atlantic to the Pacific region. The development of international trade between America and ...

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Ljudmila Popović

Panem et Informationem: Toward Inspired Responsibility

The insight offered here is as much a proposal for addressing critical issues at hand as it is a critique of the way we present problems and questions, which does not so much invite an observant response but induces a reaction...

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Robert W Fuller

The Dignitarian University

A “dignitarian” society does not aim to abolish or equalize rank, but rather holds that, regardless of rank, we are all equal when it comes to dignity. The word “dignitarian” is introduced to distinguish...

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Winston P Nagan & Garry Jacobs

The Evolution of Sovereignty

Discussions on this topic usually start from the premises that science provides the only legitimate modern path to truth, and that we live in a mechanistic universe, where the material level...

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