Global Security in the Third Millennium of the Common Era

Authors

Michael Andregg, St. Paul, Minnesota, USAFollow

Keywords

global security, wise civilizations, military affairs, global civilization

Abstract

The primary purpose of this short essay is to catalyze discussion among security professionals about how perspectives on ‘global security’ and ‘wise civilizations’ might affect military affairs during a time of great, interdisciplinary stresses that impact everyone on earth today.

Global civilization faces two main existential threats this century. The first is a quick death from general thermonuclear war or release of other Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) like exotic, genetically engineered biological weapons. The second is a slow death from incremental destruction of the living system that supports all civilizations, wise or unwise, by mechanisms like deforestation, desertification, climate change, and general loss of biodiversity.

Recommended Citation

Andregg, Michael (2023) "Global Security in the Third Millennium of the Common Era," Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 89: No. 89, Article 12.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol89/iss89/12