A thought experiment in futurology: 12 models of World Government and the World Peace

Year 2019, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 20 - 38, 03.07.2019

Ulaş Başar Gezgin

Abstract

In this article, we develop and reflect on a thought experiment in
futurology: 12 models of world government are presented and
discussed with regard to world peace. These 12 models consist of
3 overarching categories: Present-oriented models which
correspond to the U.S. model, the Chinese model, the EU model
and the Russian model; past-oriented models which comprise the
Soviet Union model, the British Commonwealth model, the
Ottoman model, and the Genghis Khan model; and futureoriented ones such as the workers’ international model, the
communist model, the science fiction model and the electronic
model. It is argued that all these forms are likely for the far
future if not for the near future, however globizen’s (i.e. global
citizen’s) welfare will widely differ under various forms of
government.

Keywords

Futurology, thought experiment, models of government, world government, globizenism

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