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"The Peace Report 2012 focuses on the global power transitions from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and their consequences for German and European
peace policy.
The transatlantic alliance’s global dominance is
diminishing; it is currently losing its first war in Afghanistan.
Moreover, the West is immersed in its financial, debt, and economic
crises, while the BRICS states are becoming more and more confident,
especially China.
In brief: We are living in a time of transition.
At the same time, state power is gradually diffusing towards non-state
actors: The “markets” act as though they were entities with ultimate
authority, rating agencies push individual states and the entire
European Union around; transnational crime is on the rise; and the end
of transnational terrorism is nowhere in sight. These trends are outside
the control of single countries and call for a new form of cooperative
defense.
In addition, new forms of media are continuously
reaching further into more and more aspects of life, social boundaries
are becoming blurred and there is an ever-widening gap between rich and
poor. The ability of politicians to govern – both at the national and
the international level – is being questioned from many sides, while new
social movements indicate a flourishing sense of self-confidence in
civil society.
The 2012 Peace Report will shed light on the
insecurities arising from these two dimensions of the current shifts in
global power, analyze and evaluate their consequences whether violent or
peaceful, and outline political solutions."