Relations between countries are built on values and interests and many other things, but at the end of the day, leaders are also only human beings.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
Bringing world leaders together as human beings rather than political machines is very important.
I think of myself as living so much outside borders or old categories that I choose as my leaders U2, the Dalai Lama, Vaclav Havel, Sigur Ros, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, and the girl next door. By definition, in short, my leaders are the ones who think in terms larger, and more intimate, than any country.
International politics is no longer a zero-sum game but a multi-dimensional arena where cooperation and competition often occur simultaneously. Gone is the age of blood feuds. World leaders are expected to lead in turning threats into opportunities.
In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only one nation carried the burden of leadership. The unipolar world of the 21st century, dominated for the past two decades by the United States, is a historical anomaly.
People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they translate that to their people and to their counterparts in other countries. You can fulfill and achieve a great deal if you get along well as individuals, as people, as persons.
I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.
I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.