The outcome of a major research project on development, security and culture, this collection, along with a second volume Sustainable Development in a Globalized World outlines the emerging field of global studies and the theoretical approach of global social theory. With an impressive, international line-up of academics and practitioners, this volume examines social relations in the global system. The global expansion of Europe was driven by the development of individual nation-state competing for power and wealth. Today, nation-states interact in the context of globalization - but will this interaction take the form of dialogue between cultures or a clash of civilizations? Intercultural dialogue is now a political necessity and vital to a successful and peaceful globalized world. Drawing on global ethics and universal human rights, as well as exploring the possibilities for intercultural dialogue on different societal levels and a more institutionalized global governance, the contributors argue that global and universal values must be a negotiated and pluralistic system of ideas, based on the fundamental value of respecting and understanding 'the other'.A highly original approach to the study of globalization, this book provides a fascinating account of our globalized condition. provides a highly original approach to the analysis of globalization and global governance and charts new directions within global studies.