Neutralnost je najčešće tretirana kao diskutabilan projekat. Reč je o konceptu koji je praćen brojnim kontradikcijama i dilemama i otvorenim osporavanjima, počev od toga šta koncept danas znači, da li je kredibilan, realan, moguć i moralno utemeljen koncept, posebno da li ga kontekst globalnih procesa diskvalifikuje kao koncept u budućnosti. Teorijsko polazište teksta jeste da neutralnost, iako radikalno modifikovana, nije iščezla već i dalje predstavlja koncept koji je važan segment međunarodne politike. Ponovno oživljavanje realpolitike u međunarodnim odnosima poslednjih godina, kao i izazovi multipolarnog koncepta međunarodnih odnosa predstavljaju važne podsticaje legitimnosti izbora neutralnosti i afirmacije strateške kulture koja favorizuje vrednosne postulate neutralnosti. Praksa evropskih neutralnih država, bez obzira što su neke od njih značajno redefinisale noseće postulate neutralnosti, posebno činjenica da su to države koje ulaze u red najuspešnijih savremenih društava, ide u prilog održivosti takvog koncepta. U tom smislu u tekstu je prezentovana argumentacija da nastojanje Republike Srbije da praktikuje vojnu neutralnost kao dugoročno bezbednosno opredeljenje predstavlja izbor strateškog karaktera. Geopolitički, istorijski i brojni drugi razlozi snažno potvrđuju karakter takve odluke. Posebno važan aspekt takvog izbora predstavljaju i noseći vrednosni sadržaji strateške kulture srpskog naroda koji snažno korespondiraju sa idejom vojne neutralnosti. Strateška kultura srpskog naroda koja svoje polazište ima u Kosovskom zavetu i koja je stvarana u uslovima izrazito nenaklonjene istorije, predstavlja autentičan okvir utemeljenja jednog naročitog odnosa prema strateškim nacionalnim pitanjima u budućnosti. Visoko vrednovan odnos prema slobodi, nezavisnosti, spremnost na žrtvu za više ciljeve, kao i poseban društveni status vojske, predstavljaju suštinske postulate srpske strateške kulture i kao takvi mogu da predstavljaju važan program daljeg unapređenja koncepta vojne neutralnosti.
Globalization as a social concept based on the principle of universalism announced the beginning of a new era and a model of international society, which would mean a sort of end of historical cycles. Optimistic faith in progress was one of the driving ideas of this, one of the most popular concepts of the global society. Proponents of globalization have claimed that the triumph of the West in the Cold War competition confirmed the superiority of the liberal model and represented a break with the real political perception of international politics. In this way, as argued, the conditions were created for the societies around the world to start their own reconstruction, creating a global culture and universalization of democratic governance, permanently overcoming war and establishing the lasting peace. The nature and dynamics of relationships in international politics unambiguously confirmed that the social and political reality has not developed as announced by the proponents of globalization, at the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century. The modern world fell into a time of confusion, uncertainty and insecurity, growing into a global risk society. Strong rapprochement of nations, political communities and cultures and intensifying their interdependence encouraged more intense disagreement, the emergence of new national models, radicalizing definitions of identity to the most devastating forms. Globalization has not transformed the world, and the concept of global governance of the world proved to be a failed attempt, manifesting a variety of system dysfunctions. At the same time, the more pronounced interdependence of contemporary societies, based on the technological achievements of the postindustrial world, has expanded the range of issues that require the global approach.
The paper deals with the Asia-Pacifi c region, which is, with its geopolitical andgeostrategic characteristics, one of the most important areas of the modern world, andthe dynamics and character of processes that take place in it have huge implications oninternational politics. The underlying hypothesis of this work is that powerful potentialsof the Asia Pacifi c open up the possibility that it will becomes a true leader of the overallprogress in the world, but the confl icts that exist in that area, of which the most destructiveterritorial disputes are, also have the potential for global scale confrontation.The geostrategic signifi cance, transport corridors, huge reserves of oil and gas,the highest concentration of human resources, as well as high technological achievementsmake the Asia Pacifi c region one of the most powerful drivers of the developmentand progress of the modern world. Such a unique position of the Asian Pacifi c contributesto a strong concentration of the interests of international politics in the region. Of course,the Asia Pacifi c is a place where the most important geopolitical and geo-strategic interestsof the most important actors of contemporary international politics are in confl ict.These circumstances make the region one of the most vulnerable areas of the modernworld in the security sense. Primary causes of the confl ict are economic as well as geostrategiccharacteristics of the area. On the top of the numerous and complex Asian issues,are confl icts between China and the US, which primarily determine the character ofrelations in the region.Authors conclude that US-Chinese rivalry and competition with a progressivetendency are unstoppable and with their complexity are hardly controlled, so there is areal danger of radicalization of their relations, with simultaneous radicalization of relationsacross the region. All these contribute to the fact that relations in the Asia Pacifi cregion are very complicated, often vague and unbalanced and potentially explosive,pushing a region of enormous strategic importance into the labyrinth of multiple instabilitywhose implications would have a powerful refl ection on security in the world. Thearrival of the new US administration announces the toughening of the US bidding withChina as its main competitor, which is causing uncertainty about future security trends inthe Asia Pacifi c region.
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