Manifesto for Kantian Utopianism

Namrata Goswami

Archive data: Person was Research Fellow at IDSA Joined IDSA April 2006 Expertise International Relations Theory, Ethnic and Intra-State Conflicts, Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution Education MA (Politics and Administration),… Continue reading Manifesto for Kantian Utopianism read more

When the Cold War ended in 1989, many hoped that the emerging new world order would usher in an era of peace. A large number of nations sought to decrease their defence spending hoping to reap the so-called ‘peace dividend’. Many thought and wistfully hoped that the new era would be more permeable for an enlargement of the Western model of liberal political order. Francis Fukuyama, even argued that in the battle for ideas, liberal democracy has come out victoriously and has set out to conquer the dark world of authoritarianism and communism.