Mainstream Weeklyby Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Branislav Gosovic
[The following is the first part of a lengthy article being published here in three parts. The next two parts will be carried in the succeeding issues of this journal.
—Editor ]
1. Preface
The world is becoming more open, inter-connected, interdependent and complex. This trend, propelled by revolutionary scientific and technological progress and change, will intensify in the decades to come. As the 21st century runs its course, it will give rise to an ever-growing number of needs and issues of general and common interest, with global dimensions and implications.
Dealing with such challenges will require global approaches, solutions and management, what has been referred to as “strategic trans-national thinking