Question of peace and disarmament
Disarmament problem
Observation 1
One of the most important problems in the entire history of mankind is the problem of preventing military disasters and conflicts. The military-industrial complexes of many countries formed today spend huge amounts of money on the production of new types of weapons. The progress that has been made in the military sphere contributes to the growth of global problems and threatens the security of countries.
One of the global challenges of today that directly affects the survival of human civilization is disarmament. Disarmament is understood as a system of measures aimed at ending the arms race, reducing, limiting and eliminating weapons of mass destruction of people. The problem of disarmament is far from unambiguous, because it is associated with the possible death of civilization.
The arms race and its real danger are assessed by the following circumstances:
The enormous scale of the progress of military equipment, the emergence of fundamentally new weapons systems. The line between the weapons for whom it is intended is blurred;
Political control over the development of nuclear missile weapons is becoming more difficult;
The line between nuclear and conventional war is blurring as a result of progress in the development of modern means of destruction;
The interests of the people working in the military-industrial complex are protected by the arms race;
The production of weapons ensures the geopolitical interests of states, so the problem faces their contradictions.
The arms race is inexpedient and dangerous for all of humanity.
Observation 2
Not "extra" resources are used for an arms race, but a significant part of the world's resources necessary for the development of countries. A strange and incomprehensible phenomenon is the arms race for the countries of the "third world", whose role in world production is only 20 80% of the total number of the planet. A huge amount of resources is diverted to military purposes, which leads to an aggravation of economic and social problems, reduces the standard of living of the population. It is clear that disarmament is one of the global issues that requires the participation of the entire world community.
The Problem of Preserving Peace
A modern large-scale war using weapons of mass destruction can destroy not only countries, but also entire continents. It can lead to an environmental catastrophe that will become irreversible. This world problem has long been numbered $1. Its sharpness in our time has somewhat decreased, but it still remains very relevant.4
The problem arose as a result of the following reasons:
The appearance of weapons of mass destruction at the end
century and its rapid spread across the planet;
The stocks of modern weapons in the world, accumulated by the leading countries, are capable of destroying the entire population of the Earth several times;
Significant and constant growth in military spending;
The arms trade has taken on an unprecedented scale;
The possibility of the emergence of interstate conflicts due to the aggravation of energy, raw materials, territorial and other problems;
Socio-economic gap between highly developed and developing countries.
Experts suggest the following ways to solve this problem:
The approach to the problem should be comprehensive, with the involvement of an increasing number of countries in treaties on the limitation or destruction of weapons;
Conversion of the military-industrial complex;
Strict international control over weapons of mass destruction and their non-proliferation around the planet;
Resolving interstate conflicts through diplomacy;
Solving the food problem.
The problem of terrorism
Remark 3
Modern socio-political crises, contradictions and conflicts are a consequence of globalization, and terrorism has become a way to resolve them. As a global problem, terrorism appeared at the end of the century. It has turned into a huge force of intimidation and destruction in the irreconcilable antagonism of different worlds, cultures, ideologies, religions, worldviews. The problem of terrorism has become the most dangerous, acute, difficult to predict problem that threatens all modern humanity.
The concept of "terrorism" has different meanings, so it is rather difficult to define it. The term does not have a clear semantic meaning, because society today is faced with many of its types. These can be kidnappings for the purpose of their subsequent ransom, politically motivated murders, hijackings, blackmail, acts of violence against property and the interests of citizens. There are many forms of terrorism, so they can be classified according to the subjects of terrorist activity and their focus on results.
Domestic terrorism. This may be the activity of not only terrorist groups, but also lone terrorists. Their actions are aimed at achieving political goals within one state.
Violence can come in 2 forms:
It can be direct and is expressed in the direct use of force, for example, war, rebellion;
May be indirect or covert violence. This form does not involve the direct use of force and only means the threat of its use.
As a rule, state terror is used by unstable regimes, where the level of legitimacy of power is low, and they cannot maintain the stability of the system by economic and political methods. Using the massacres of people, the terrorists are counting on the panic of the population. To sow fear among the population, which for them is not an end in itself, but only a means to achieve certain political goals.
Political terrorism involves terror for political purposes. The objects of action, as a rule, are large masses of defenseless people. Ideal targets for political terror are hospitals, maternity hospitals, schools, kindergartens, residential buildings. The objects of influence in political terror are not the people themselves, but the political situation, which the terrorists are trying to change in the direction they need. Political terror initially involves human casualties. Political terrorism and criminality have merged, interact and support each other. Forms and methods are the same, although the goals and motives may be different.
Having gone beyond the borders of one country, state terrorism acquires the character of international terrorism. It causes enormous material damage, shattering the state and political foundations, destroying cultural monuments, undermining relations between countries. International terrorism has its own varieties - it can be transnational and international criminal terrorism.
Transnational terrorism can be represented by the actions of non-state terrorist organizations in other countries. They do not aim to change international relations.
International criminal terrorism is manifested in the activities of international organized crime. Their actions are directed against rival criminal organizations in other countries.
Remark 4
Thus, terrorism in modern conditions is a danger on a global scale. It has become a threat to the political, economic, social institutions of the state, human rights and freedoms. Today there is a real threat of nuclear terrorism, terrorism with the use of poisonous substances, information terrorism.
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