Conflict and science: exploring the relationship for global peace and security.
| dc.contributor.author | Raji, S.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-03T11:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-03T11:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explored the nexus between conflict and science, and the effects of the two variables on global peace and security. The work noted from the outset that In spite of the collaborative efforts amongst world leaders to bring about global peace and security through diverse means, devastating wars and other forms of subversive activities are still an acute reality all over the world. The ubiquity of violent conflict globally has led to frequent loss of lives and property. The research findings which relied on secondary source identified four major causes of conflict, whether national or global. These are conflicts over scarce resources, dispute over cherished values (worldview),conflict over psychological inclinations and conflict over mismanagement of information. The study reveals further that science is related to global conflicts in three major dimensions: Science produces the weapons of mass destruction that are used as instrument of engagement in global conflicts, military scientists practically manages and prosecutes wars across the globe while global warfare is de-escalated through scientist’s involvement in peace conventions. In spite of the moderate contributions of science to global peace and security under the contemporary unipolar world order, the use of weapons of mass destruction by individuals and terrorist groups to settle primordial score remains the current most dangerous threat to global peace and security. Key words: Conflict, Science,Global, Peace, Security. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | Available online at: http://ejournals.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/index.php/ijbss | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15938 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Published by Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Ilorin. | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 16 (1), ; 99-114 | |
| dc.title | Conflict and science: exploring the relationship for global peace and security. | |
| dc.title.alternative | Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences | |
| dc.type | Article |