Finale : International Affairs in the New Millennium :: A Futures Perspective

Sesh Velamoor

doi:10.54945/jjia.v1i1.25

Authors

Sesh Velamoor Foundation For the Futur, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54945/jjia.v1i1.25

Keywords:

International Relations, Political, Economical, Socio-Cultural

Abstract

The finale to this edition of JJIA critiques existing paradigms of material progress and development and argues that a planetary crisis of unforeseen proportions is arriving and it can only be resolved through major paradigm shifts. The author contends that core concepts which have driven the foundations of knowledge in the social sciences, particularly the study of international affairs, have to be replaced with new forms of consciousness about the future as an emergence which is beyond the control of human will or ingeniousness. The article proposes that we are at a tipping point wherein fundamental assumptions about the eternal dominance of the nation state or of individual over group and man over nature are out-dated and suicidal. He suggests a new paradigm based on deeper realisation of humans’ place in the cosmos and construction of a new ‘critical identity’ that is less destructive of planet earth.

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Author Biography

Sesh Velamoor, Foundation For the Futur, USA

The author is Director of Programs at the Foundation For the Future in the USA. In this capacity he organises and moderates think tanks to discuss issues pertaining to the long-term future of humanity, including global education. He also routinely speaks and writes on various aspects of the long-term future in local, national, and international journals and forums. He has been listed in Who’s Who in the Northwest and Who’s Who in the United States. He is active in community affairs and has served as President of the India Association of Western Washington and Chairman of the High-Tech Board of Bellevue Community College. He currently serves as a Foundation Associate of the Pacific Science Center, Trustee of the Kistler-Ritso Foundation, and member of the board of the Seattle Snow Leopard Trust.