the future in perspective

kagan: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/08/the_september_12_paradigm.html

make national interests international interests.

when two states share a common interest, then unity, compromise, and communication will permeate their interactions and actions.

thus, from a realist perspective the best way to make the state-centric world more cooperative and less state-centric is by unifying interest.

ex1. it has to be in the interest of strong states to aid weak states. what's more it has to be in the interest of strong states to provide aid to weak states that comes without compromising the interests of weak states (through domestic policy and politics manipulation). it has to be in the interest of weak states to relenquish a bit of sovereignty and accept humanitarian intervention from time to time in order to grow and become more sovereing in the long term. strong state aid to weak states cannot be simply "humanitarian" for it to be successful; it must be necessary for strong state national interest as well as for weak state national interest.

ex2. it has to be in the interest of the world (as it should already be by now) to act on international problems that effect national interest: climate control, international justice, etc.

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