Fortunately, there is another way―one that major thinkers and even, at times, national governments have promoted. And that is strengthened global governance.
World-changing events as masses vote and hit the streets
The only just future for my home is not statehood, but full independence from the United States. But the future of a free Puerto Rico doesn’t need to be utopian, or easy, to be just.
Socialist politics, a displaced feature of the international scene
The problem of mercenary operations seems unlikely to be solved without a substantial strengthening of international security institutions, among them the United Nations. Are the nations of the world willing to take this step?
Opportunism in relation to human rights is not a path to peace and justice in our tormented world, which depends on cooperation and multilateralism, and rejects efforts to split the world into a self-righteous struggle between good and evil.
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The ubiquity and perils of imperial nostalgia, especially as empires decline, highlight the need to create an international security system to replace today’s international anarchy.
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Are the people of the world condemned to live forever under the heels of the great powers? Or is it still possible to take another step along the road to a peaceful, humane planet?
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