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The League of Democracies?

Wednesday, 14th May 2008

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Robert Kagan assesses the idea of the moment:

So would a concert of democracies supplant the UN? Of course not, any more than the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations or any number of other international organisations supplant it. But the world’s democracies could make common cause to act in humanitarian crises when the UN Security Council cannot reach unanimity.
 
If people find that prospect unsettling, then they should seek the disbandment of Nato and the European Union and other regional organisations which not only can but, in the case of Kosovo, have taken collective action in crises when the Security Council was deadlocked. The difference is that the league of democracies would not be limited to Europeans and Americans but would include the world’s other great democracies, such as India, Brazil, Japan and Australia, and would have even greater legitimacy.

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Ian C

May 14th, 2008 11:44am

Absolutely right. A clearer thinker on the right I have not found. Victor Davis Hanson and Jamie White are close (when the latter addresses bigger issues).

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