Spirituality and National Independence/Sovereignty
Temple of Life Introduction In the 80 th year of the current global order of international relations, at least 2 generations of paradigm shifts in value-system, geopolitics and geoeconomics have raised serious questions on how successful relations between countries are mediated and articulated for the ordinary reader. In the face of forever wars, increasing decline in quality, evaporation of value of concepts undergirding ideals and actual turbulence in international relations; we attempt to insert spirituality as a relevant, overarching and strategic category for assessing inter-country relationships. State of the Art Independence and sovereignty are geopolitical power concepts carrying relative meanings as guiding terms or principles reflecting state rights with non-absolute values in practice. Higher attention is focused within countries when they are violated naturally by another country. However in contemporary global power configuration with emerging multiple decision cent...