1) The U.S. should end its current provocative drive toward military alliances and missile deployments encircling the boundaries of Russia and China. The U.S. should accept pluralism of economic and political power in the contemporary world. Present policies are provoking a return to Cold War with Russia, and a tendency to begin a Cold War with China This is a lose/lose proposition for all countries involved.
2) By turning toward a reset of policy toward cooperating with Russia, China and other influential countries within the framework of the United Nations, the United States could foster international mediation and political pressure from a broad consensus of countries to resolve the civil wars in Syria and other countries by negotiation, devolution of power, and other political solutions. It might also reset its relationship toward friendly cooperation with Iran in the Middle East and resolve the threat of nuclear weapons proliferation in Iran, North Korea and any other potential nuclear weapons states. There is no essentially inherent reason why the U.S. needs to continue a hostile relationship with Iran.
4) It's time to embrace a post-neo-colonial period of international cooperation through diplomatic institutions, international organizations, and non-governmental initiatives.
Karl Meyer founded Nashville Greenlands, a sustainable living project in Nashville, TN. As a radical pacifist, he has resisted nuclear weapons and refused to pay all forms of federal income tax for six decades. During the Vietnam war, he was deported from Vietnam for marching on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. He campaigned to end urban poverty by running a house of hospitality for thirteen years, in Chicago. and, he's done time in federal and state prisons for nonviolent direct actions.
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