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Other Topics: Wanted a world leader |
Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 08:20 AM
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TOPIC : “WANTED A WORLD LEADER”
In November 2006 newnations.com published a Special Report with the above title,
regretting that the constructive world leadership the USA offered throughout the
Cold War, and indeed the Balkans wars, has been dissipated by the Bush/Cheney
administration. Now there is a leadership vacuum. Who else we asked, could give
world leadership? In the absence of any obvious candidates we observed:-
Whilst it is true that no other single nation state has the standing to provide
unique world leadership it is not unreasonable that a group of nations may at
least collectively provide this in areas in which the US will not, or for other
reasons, does not engage.
NOMINEE LEADERS
Perhaps an intelligent or at least interesting solution to raise the action level,
and avoid sterile circular debate with little achieved, would be for some of the
topics (illustrated by the selection above), to be raised by a group of nations
in the UN General Assembly. There they would seek the power to second one of their
number to lead in devising an action plan, with an invitation to all nations to
take part in its implementation. Perhaps the US could be shamed into acquiescence
and reassert its ability to lead, not to go even further out on a self-indulgent
limb.
Thus upright UN members with special expertise (and sometimes also the moral authority),
could lead in formulating the policy required, to be placed on offer to all nations
to opt in, or earn the scorn of their peers by staying out.
Our nominees would include Japan on Nuclear Non-Proliferation; Norway on Environmentally
careful Oil exploration; Switzerland on spreading Democracy; Global warming -
Brazil or Sweden; Netherlands on 'offshore' Extra-judicial Penal Colonies; the
European Union collectively to address the problem of Tyrannical Nations; an agenda,
with benchmarks, to restart the Middle-East Peace Process, perhaps to be devised
by Canada, Ireland, or any other respected democratic nation that has loaned troops
to peace keeping-duties there, and has no significant domestic pressure groups,
to seek to skew the process.
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Comments
PERHAPS THE MALDIVES REPUBLIC OR BANGLADESH SHOULD
LEAD ON GLOBAL WARMING?
THEY AFTER ALL HAVE A BIGGER INCENTIVE THAN
MOST!
GANARUVIAN
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