There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Foreign policy is effectively the assertion of many individual countries intersecting on the global marketplace. And you have to figure out how to get your interest served in a way that meets the interests and needs of these other folks.
We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries.
Let me let you in on a little secret. There is no such thing as an international community. There are self-maximizing, self-interested states that will push their interests as far as possible.
So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players.
The world has 6 billion people and counting. We need to help 500 million people become better leaders so that billions can benefit.
I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.
You look at the large problems that we face - that would be overpopulation, water shortages, global warming and AIDS, I suppose - all of that needs international cooperation to be solved.
The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.
The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground.
I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.
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