Preface -- 1 The Wondrous Growth of Nation-States in the Age of Globalisation -- 2 Democracy and Nationalism - Twin Children of the Sovereignty of the People -- 3 A Global-Human Perspective: The United Nation States of Europe and the World -- 4 The Peace Congress of the Socialist International in Basel, November 24-25, 1912 -- 5 A Century of Wars and Striving for peace since the Peace Congress of Basel -- 6 Sarajevo 1914. A Century of Debate About the Guilt for the First World War -- 7 On the Saying: There have Always Been Wars. There will Always Be Wars as Long as Humanity Exists -- 8 The Present Clash of Religious Communities and Regional Civilisations in the Global Civilising Process -- 9 Geopolitics - An Ideology for the Legitimising the National Socialist Policy of Conquest or a Scientific and Political Field, That Is Unappreciated Today? -- 10 Democratization or the Restoration of Dictatorship as the Outcome of the Arab Rebellion -- 11 "With What Ink Remains": Stabbing a Pen Into the Hornet's Nest of Israeli, Jewish and German Sensitivities -- 12 Kashmir - Flashpoint for a Nuclear War or Even a Third World War? -- 13 The New Western War of Intervention in Mali -- 14 Linguistic Assimilation of All Citizens or Minority Protection: Åland Islands -- 15 Canada: Has It Passed the Tests as a Multicultural Nation, or Hasthe Democratic Secession of Quebec Been Postponed? -- 16 The Exacerbation of the Competition Between Brussels and Moscow Over the Integration of Ukraine.