http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/1006 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:36:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/policy-politics/foreign-policy/1006 The United States is definitely an exception to the general international system. On the macro scale, it regularly ignores powerful institutions like the UN and the WTO, despite the fact that it is among those organizations' leaders. Most of the world is still developing economically in one way or another, and political change and development is in a similar state. The US can absent itself from this system, but doing so won't help us and will probably cause nearly irreparable economic and diplomatic harm. But we also can't continue to act irresponsibly and unilaterally, and try to force the world into our mold. We should act as a sustainable leader, an example of kindness and honor in the international system, giving help when asked for and supporting initiatives that will advance the state of all humanity. If the US adopts this position, it could very possibly change the face of the international order, but we certainly aren't in a position to do so yet. Bigthink Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:06:07 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/policy-politics/foreign-policy/1006/#7417 http://www.bigthink.com/policy-politics/foreign-policy/1006 we seem to have the "Im the best so im going to tell you what to do" complex. we need to learn to keep our noses out of the rest of the worlds business. if our way of doing things was so great, it would be imitated by other countries... it shouldnt be forced down their throats. our foreign policy has created so many enemies, and by retaining the same foreign policy; we continue to make more. Bigthink Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:24:52 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/policy-politics/foreign-policy/1006/#5207 http://www.bigthink.com/policy-politics/foreign-policy/1006 In the eyes of many, America is now the world's most dangerous tyrant. "Axis of evil" is in the eye of the beholder. Bigthink Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:21:51 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/policy-politics/foreign-policy/1006/#2161