Clinton's Blueprint for a Multi-Partner World

Last week's major policy address by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was as noteworthy for the strategic concepts she dismissed as for the ones she embraced. Clinton provided Americans with a strong sense of how she plans to conduct U.S. foreign policy: not merely as "the indispensable nation" that assumes international leadership, but rather as the global rule-set convener that aggressively builds partnerships across a strategic landscape pulsating with rising players -- both state-based and transnational

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[david]

Clintons must must have all read all your books!!As a retired educational psychologist, your point about a nation which is not a member of the cord in the globe, just like the train you mentioned, e.g., the engine and the cabos, makes a lot of sense. Nationas are similar to both human and animals, a national which is not member of the cord (group) will not survice. A preying animal caught an animal who cannot keep up with the herd will be eaten.