Tag Archives: Statesmanship

We too often react to what is happening around the world, rather than asking why. Our foreign policy has become a responder to the most current threat(s), and we seem lost to consider or act with a thought out strategy for what is important for our continued existence 100 years hence or to even attempt to understand why nation states act in irrational or extraordinary fashion. we telegraph our every move through a constant need to show that we can scurry faster than the latest social media. This is not world leadership and certainly not that of a state committed to the ultimate betterment of mankind. Our foreign policy is seldom led by statesmen, our national interests are too often short term and driven by profit, and our national resolve is too often built on social media polls. We can’t lead the world with might if we have not determined to understand the why that drives it’s challenges and then at least move a finger to scratch that itch. Continue reading →