Is pacifism really an option in our 21st century reality? Will nonaligned nations be able to protect their neutrality against unilateral state actors in the next possible world war? Any sensible human loathes potential for global war, but if history is any indication of the present it is complacency & appeasement of unilateral state actors [...]
United Nations Security Council Reform Via Continental Supranationalism
Perhaps the greatest impediment to world peace is the United Nations Security Council itself? This is felt by the power of the mighty veto held by each of the five permanent members. The image of the Security Council is that of a "club of superpowers" each prioritizing its own national interests over the other. In [...]
Supracultural Renewal, Toward a New International Man
As an old millennial having experienced childhood in the nineties, my generation grew up with the quintessential strongmen movies personified in big name characters like Rocky Balboa, Ivan Drago, & Apollo Creed as seen in the Rocky franchise. In Rocky 4, Dolph Lundgren portrayed a rather intimidating antihero; an opponent more machine than man. My [...]
U.S. National Park Service turned World Ecological & Historic Park Service
Woodrow Wilson left behind a legacy of would-be idealism most aptly characterized by his Fourteen Points speech he delivered before the United States Congress on January 8th, 1918. The end of World War One would arrive ten months later. The armistice signed on November 11th, 1918 signified the "war to end all wars." Euphemisms of [...]
Expanding on the Need for an International Anti-Corruption Court
In the law of the jungle, kleptocracies are shielded by plutocracies. The latter keeps the former in power. A reality all too familiar in a world dominated by the black & white absolutisms of realpolitik. It is for this reason why geopolitical power alliances currently assume complete precedence over the rule of international law. Dictatorial [...]