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A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE POST-COLD WAR ERA AND THE NEW CENTURY MAY BRING REVEALS SOME STARTLING SIMILARITIES TO PROGNOSTICATIONS MADE AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THE SAME OPTIMISM ABOUT FUTURE POTENTIAL, ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF THE ERADICATION OF WAR. THE SAME UNEASE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALIZING TENDENCIES OF COMMERCE AND THE OPEN MARKET. THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT UNIVERSAL EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION. THE QUESTION OF WHO IS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE UNIVERSAL EXCHANGE OF OPINIONS, OF WHO IS EQUAL IN A UNIVERSE OF ENDLESS AND INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION, OF WHO IS TO BE RESPECTED IN A UNIVERSE OF ENDLESS CHANGE REMAINS A QUESTION OF OUR TIMES.

COMMON SECURITY POLICY AS OUTLINED BY THE ICDSI IS DESCRIBED HERE AS A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF THE UN. THE ESSENCE OF THE CONCEPT OF COMMON SECURITY IS THE CREATION OF POSITIVE AND IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES OF CO-OPERATION FOR COMMON SURVIVAL. CREATION OF COMMON SECURITY IN EUROPE MEANS JOINT EFFORTS IN THE PROCESS OF EUROPEANIZATION IN A WAY THAT WILL NOT THREATEN BALANCE OF POWER AND NATO ALLIANCE WITH THE US.

THIS SECTION DESCRIBES THE NO FIRST USE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA, AND COMPARES THEM TO THE MORE CONDITIONAL STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE US AND THE UK. THE US MADE ITS NO FIRST USE PLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT USE WEAPONS AGAINST ANY NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATE PARTY TO THE NONPROLIFERATION TREATY. FRANCE HAS ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT A NO-USE GUARANTEE DOES NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF AN ACT OF AGGRESSION.

THIS SECTION DISCUSSES THE NON-CONTROVERSIAL NATURE OF THE POLITICAL IDEA OF A COMMON SECURITY AMONG NATIONS. THE IDEA DECLARES THAT NATIONS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF WORLD PEACE MUST BE GIVEN A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE ASSERTION OF IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL POSITIONS. PROPONENTS OF COMMON SECURITY ARE LOOKING FOR A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN POLITICAL REALISM AND POLITICAL IDEALISM. COMMON SECURITY WILL NEED A DUAL STRATEGY OF WAYS TO REGULATE POLITICAL CONFLICTS AND ARMS CONTROL.