TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE

kingship. But now it has lost all relevance. It can produce only negative results. Today the formula of political adjustment or co-existence alone is practicable. The concept of ‘political master’ ruling over ‘political subjects’ has no relevance in the modern age. 2. Wherever there is terrorism, it is, directly or indirectly related to the question of ownership of, and control over, territory. Experience shows that in this matter it is the policy of give-and-take alone which is practicable. The concept of unilateral occupation is no longer workable. All nations must adopt the policy of give-and-take as soon as possible. This is the only practical solution to the problem of terrorism. 3. Time is now running out for the terrorist groups. They must learn a lesson from their experience and realize that in the post-industrial age, they are left with no option at all but peaceful activism. Violent activism is not going to yield any positive results whatsoever. The terrorist groups, therefore, should finally come to the conclusion that their action can only aggravate the problem. It cannot solve it. Therefore, they must switch over from violence to peace without any delay. They must at all times choose the peaceful method over violent methods. 4. Governments as well as non-government actors must accept that if a dispute cannot be solved through mutual dialogue, the other option available to them is not confrontation but, rather, referral of the dispute to some forum for arbitration. Fortunately, this forum already exists in the form of the International Court of Justice. In the present circumstances, no other option is available either to governments or non-government actors. Whenever a controversy cannot be brought to an end by mutual negotiations, it should be referred to the International Court of Justice, and its verdict should be accepted unconditionally by both the parties. 5. Modern ‘developed’ nations spend trillions of dollars to produce weapons of mass destruction. Almost none of them could, however, make use of the deadly weapons at their disposal. America dropped the atomic bomb only once. Later, despite involving itself in several wars, it could not make any use of the nuclear bomb. The truth is that nuclear weapons can be used only once. Once such destructive weapons have been used, such deterrent factors emerge against their use that it becomes impossible to employ them again. These weapons It is essential that efforts towards the promotion of peace should be separated from political interests.