FRONT COVER -- COOPERATION FOR A PEACEFUL AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD PART 1 -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- THE GLOBAL PEACE INDEX AND THE STRUCTURE OF PEACE -- INTRODUCTION -- WELL-FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT -- SOUND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT -- EQUITABLE SHARING OF RESOURCES -- ACCEPTANCE OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS -- GOOD RELATIONS WITH NEIGHBORING STATES -- FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION -- HIGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION-MEAN YEARS OF SCHOOLING -- LOW LEVELS OF CORRUPTION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- THE EUROPEAN EXPANSION TOWARD MIDDLE EAST: CONFLICTS AND ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE (2000-2010) -- INTRODUCTION -- IDENTITY AND ENLARGEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- TURKEY'S CANDIDACY -- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REFORMS BY NEW CANDIDATE COUNTRIES IN 2007 -- THE GLOBALIZATION PROCESS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST -- EFFORTS IN FAVOR OF INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE -- ASSESSING NEW POSSIBLE CANDIDACIES TO THE EU BY ORDINAL MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS -- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SURVEY ON THE NEW POSSIBLE CANDIDATES -- REAL ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE WITH EU-27 -- FINDINGS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- A FOUNDATIONAL MATHEMATICAL ACCOUNT OF A SPECIFIC COMPLEX SOCIAL REALITY: CONFLICT IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- INTRODUCTION -- A MATHEMATICAL ACCOUNT OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- GROUP PARTICIPATION IN SCENES OVER SPACE AND TIME -- THE MAIN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES OF EACH GROUP -- THE VALUE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ACTIVITIES -- THE POWER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ACTIVITIES -- ROLES, RULES, VALUES, HIERARCHY, ANARCHY, SOCIAL DIVISIONS, AND INEQUALITY -- ACTIVITIES, MOVEMENTS, AND ENCOUNTERS - PLANNED AND UNPLANNED -- THE HISTORY OF GROUP Y AND ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES -- DIALOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF POWER RELATIONSHIPS -- DYNAMIC SOCIAL PROPOSITIONAL CALCULUS - TIME, REALITY, BELIEF, SPEECH, AND SPEAKER.

DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- LANGUAGE AS A TOOL OF RECONCILIATION AND ETHNIC HARMONY: A CASE STUDY OF SRI LANKA -- WHAT IS CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION? -- ROLE OF THE LANGUAGE IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION -- WHY IS SRI LANKA SELECTED AS A CASE STUDY? -- EVOLUTION OF THE ETHNIC CONFLICT AND LANGUAGE ISSUE IN SRI LANKA -- CONCLUSIONS -- THE ALCHEMY OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME (GETS): SPECULATION AND REGULATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BASIC MODEL -- THE SPECULATION GAME -- CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PERFECT NASH EQUILIBRIUM: A QUALITATIVE APPROACH -- SPECULATION IN PERMITS MARKET AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DECENTRALIZATION AND MILITARY COUPS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MODEL -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: PROOF OF LEMMA 1 -- PROOF OF PROPOSITION 2 -- PROOF OF COROLLARY 1 -- PROOF OF COROLLARY 2 -- CONFLICT OF CIVIL-MILITARY APPROACH IN PAKISTAN: ITS REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL ROOTS -- GENERAL ZIA'S MARTIAL LAW AND REVIVAL OF FUNDAMENTALISM -- TEMPORARY RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY -- GENERAL MUSHARAF'S ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY -- REVIVAL OF "CONTROLLED" DEMOCRACY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND INNOVATION IN MEDIUM TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDIUM TECHNOLOGY SECTORS -- FROM THE LINEAR TO THE COGNITIVE MODEL OF INNOVATION -- CONNECTIVITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND RECEPTIVITY -- THE CREATIVITY PROCESS, TACIT KNOWLEDGE, AND COGNITIVE DISTANCE -- SPEED OF CHANGE AND FLEXIBILITY OF INNOVATION NETWORKS -- THE GOVERNANCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION NETWORKS -- THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS OF INNOVATION -- TERRITORIAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THREE TYPES OF REGIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE TERRAIN OF WAR: HOW USING THE WORD ''MOUNTAIN'' BIASES CONFLICT RESEARCH -- INTRODUCTION.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RUGGED TERRAIN AND CONFLICT -- WHAT IS A MOUNTAIN? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PEACE-BUILDING AND GEOPOLITICAL FANTASIES -- INTRODUCTION -- HIGH IDEAS, HARSH REALITY (METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS) -- WILL THE RUNNING CENTURY BE NAMED AS THE AMERICAN AGE? -- DEEDS AND WORDS -- CONCLUSION -- DISCLAIMER -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SATYAGRAHA: GANDHI'S APPROACH TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION -- NOTES -- INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISIS: RELEVANCE OF A GANDHIAN APPROACH -- GLOBALIZATION OF FINANCE -- FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RECESSION -- GLOBAL IMPACT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS -- CASES OF CHINA AND INDIA -- MEASURES TO COPE WITH THE CRISIS -- FINANCIAL CRISIS - GANDHIAN ANALYSIS -- THE RELEVANCE OF THE GANDHIAN APPROACH -- REFERENCES -- PERSPECTIVES ON DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- PROBLEMS OF INDIAN DEMOCRACY IN PERSPECTIVE -- THE SOCIALIST TRADITION AND THE ISSUE OF RECONSTRUCTING DEMOCRACY IN INDIA -- NOTES.