by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 20, 2015 | Foreign Policy
We ask only for a process, a direction, a basic code of decency, not for an instant transformation … . While we must be cautious about forcing the pace of change, we must not hesitate to declare our ultimate objectives and to take concrete actions to move toward them....
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 20, 2015 | Foreign Policy
An executive officer is appointed to execute the laws; it is therefore illegitimate for him to pretend to speak for the people of his country. Accordingly presidents, chancellors, prime ministers and other executive officers should avoid making foreign policy speeches...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 20, 2015 | Foreign Policy
Since men are naturally equal, and a perfect equality prevails in their rights and obligations, as equally proceeding from nature—Nations composed of men, and considered as so many free persons living together in a state of nature, are naturally equal, and inherit...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 7, 2015 | Foreign Policy
Diplomacy should be wholly transparent. There should be no back-room deals or secret arrangements with dictators. All diplomatic communications should be published on the Internet in real time, and national leaders and diplomats should never meet privately. AGAMEMNON:...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Dec 7, 2015 | Foreign Policy
Realpolitik is a foreign policy based primarily on pragmatic considerations, rather than on moral principles. It should never be engaged in by a free country because a nation should always act according to the moral values of its citizens. Ambitious amoral politicians...
