Building a sustainable world order after the Cold War. The ideological foundations

Abstract

With the end of the Cold War in 1991, expectations increased regarding the construction of a democratic world pattern and the implementation of the sustainable development model of the international community.

In reality, the situation a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War seems to be worse than it was during the period of tough “bipolarity” in the 60s – 70s of the 20th century. The reason for this is the lack of value bases of joint actions based on the common spiritual and moral potential of various nations and social strata. Such foundations can be formed only through the correct understanding of all socio-economic and humanitarian aspects of the information and communication revolution.

The author presents the model of such an evaluation based on the pivotal idea of Russian cosmists (K. Tsiolkovsky and others) who interpreted the religion as a folkloric concept of scientific and technological progress. The implementation of this provision begins at a qualitatively new stage of the Big History started after the end of the Cold War. At this stage, the question arises of changing Homo sapiens itself as a material carrier of the Mind. The risks associated with this change can imply the self-destruction of the humankind. Evaluation of this danger means an end to the political confrontation of various power centers and the formation of new forms of democratic global governance to counter new challenges and threats.