The Concept of “Change” in the Assessment of International Relations in the Xxist Century. New Concepts and Paradigms. Title 2

Agrigoroaiei

Abstract

The concept of “change” in the assessment of international relations in the XXIst century. New concepts and paradigms. The world has not been the same throughout the centuries. Evolution and involution, wars and revolutions, technological and economic change, etc., all have accompanied human history and international relations. If history and international relations would be a symphony, change is its principal theme, a theme that can be found continuously, in recurrence, of course in different variations. This essay will assess what type of change theory we could find to define more adequately the future of international relations in XXIst century. I will summarize some of the existent theories of change and a pair of new concepts – hazardous change vs. pre-set change. I will have also a multidisciplinary approach, at the intersection between the field of international relations and organizational theory, introducing in our discipline the concept of <<change management in IR>>. Change management would be a good modality for international leaders not to wait for the events to rush hazardously on their stressed and occupied heads, but a way to control events and define a better future for humankind. KEY TERMS: change, theories of change, international relations, hazardous change, pre-set change, change management

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