The most enduring superpowers are defined by the intellectual legacies they leave behind. The historian analyzes footprints of civilization based on their productions which communicate a great deal on what each past example once stood for. Hence, world history is a case study of past civilizations that have come and gone, but what do its findings detail about our present reality? The battlefield of the future will be fought through wars of ideas; each one squaring off against another in hopes of commanding greater legitimacy over its rival. Traditional wars of the conventional military are becoming increasingly extraneous and irrelevant. The boots on the ground strategy is relevant so long as one nation projects a policy of hegemony over another, but now more than ever, the projection of hegemony can be achieved without firing a shot.
Ideas are by far the greatest exports of nations which contribute to the developmental fabric of civilization. If citizens of nations, derived from a select criteria based on participatory solvency, were encouraged to gather together in a World Congress of Intellectual Collaboration, could hegemony be dismantled in favor of creating a more favorable alternative to geo-political power? A global supranational body that promotes intellectual cooperation through a shared spirit of renaissance is quite arguably one of the best methods to avert Armageddon. Yet, how do we go about its actual implementation despite the current alternatives out there that purport to serve the same purpose? We redeem our humanity whenever we distinguish ourselves intellectually for better or worse.
Is it truly feasible to establish an organization that can legislate on our shared intellectual heritage without destroying it simultaneously? Can such an organization be used to curb the rising tide of jingoism, chauvinism, and xenophobia? It seems the greatest road to peace is one that offers inclusivity and purpose through a precipitous spirit of intellectual renewal…
