Vol. 7 No. 1 (2006)

In this issue of Fourth World Journal we benefit from the work of CWIS Associate Scholars around the world undertaking independent research and applying the results in concrete a measurable ways for the benefit of Fourth World peoples. International, and nation and state conflicts have been an important focus in the
Fourth World and evidenced by the contributed works of Associate Scholars conflicts and the resolution of conflicts involving Fourth World nations will remain a high priority for our attention. The role that indigenous knowledge plays and will continue to play in local and global affairs will open new avenues to resolving conflicts in the world. Massive “Roman style” wars like World War I and WWII have essentially run their course as a result of the Globalization consciousness of the 21st century. Asymmetric relations between large and small states and nations have now come to the forefront of modern international experience. Fourth World nations have become front row players in the modern clashes and their knowledge has become an essential part of the solutions of local and global conflicts. States and state institutions are organized to undertake imperial relations with the world-demanding massive organization and large institutional structures.