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Dialogue of Civilisations participants to discuss possible global
MOSCOW, October 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Possible scenarios for the future at
a time of global changes will be discussed by the participants in the 9th
annual session of the Dialogue of Civilisations to begin on Rhodes,
Greece, on Thursday, October 6.
Representatives from more than 50 countries will attend the forum.
The tragic fragility of human life in the face of current political
and natural catastrophes necessitates in-depth analysis of the results of
the ten-year dialogue of civilisations and cultures, the forum organising
committee said.
In 2008, the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilisations" convened a
group of researchers and statesmen in Vienna to take stock of major global
challenges. The magnitude of the global financial crisis was only just
becoming clear, but the neoliberalism and market fundamentalism of the
post-Cold War years had already taken a toll of their own.
Austrian Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer opened the meeting with
a call to make sure the urgent attention the financial crisis demanded was
not just short-term and superficial but included consideration of deeper
geopolitical issues and governance challenges facing the global community.
In this spirit, several of the researchers present envisioned a
project to bring together the analyses of leading scholars from a range of
different countries, assessing not only the financial crisis but shifts in
relations among major powers, trends in political economy, and the
possible futures these opened. The group sought insight into emerging
issues; it did not indulge the fantasy that the future could be predicted
in detail.
The World Public Forum, created to facilitate a dialogue of
civilizations rather than a clash, saw value in bringing high quality
research to bear on public issues and possible futures. It provided
financial support to the project including opportunities for many of the
researchers to gather at its annual meetings on the island of Rhodes. This
initial support was crucial to inaugurating the present important series
of books.
a time of global changes will be discussed by the participants in the 9th
annual session of the Dialogue of Civilisations to begin on Rhodes,
Greece, on Thursday, October 6.
Representatives from more than 50 countries will attend the forum.
The tragic fragility of human life in the face of current political
and natural catastrophes necessitates in-depth analysis of the results of
the ten-year dialogue of civilisations and cultures, the forum organising
committee said.
In 2008, the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilisations" convened a
group of researchers and statesmen in Vienna to take stock of major global
challenges. The magnitude of the global financial crisis was only just
becoming clear, but the neoliberalism and market fundamentalism of the
post-Cold War years had already taken a toll of their own.
Austrian Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer opened the meeting with
a call to make sure the urgent attention the financial crisis demanded was
not just short-term and superficial but included consideration of deeper
geopolitical issues and governance challenges facing the global community.
In this spirit, several of the researchers present envisioned a
project to bring together the analyses of leading scholars from a range of
different countries, assessing not only the financial crisis but shifts in
relations among major powers, trends in political economy, and the
possible futures these opened. The group sought insight into emerging
issues; it did not indulge the fantasy that the future could be predicted
in detail.
The World Public Forum, created to facilitate a dialogue of
civilizations rather than a clash, saw value in bringing high quality
research to bear on public issues and possible futures. It provided
financial support to the project including opportunities for many of the
researchers to gather at its annual meetings on the island of Rhodes. This
initial support was crucial to inaugurating the present important series
of books.
