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A Planetary Obligation: Listening to Reason at the Eleventh Hour
This article argues that the traditional "Westphalian" international structure is obsolete and inevitably leads to irreversible chaos. Louis René Beres contends that world politics must be treated as an organic "whole" rather than isolated parts, using a medical metaphor to describe global fragmentation as a pathology. The piece warns that amid rising nuclear threats and incoherent leadership, time is rapidly running out. Ultimately, the author asserts that "listening to Reason" and accepting global "oneness" is not fanciful, but the only realistic requirement for human survival.
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