WPR's The New Rules: A Foreign Policy Wish List for 2012 

Monday, January 2, 2012 at 2:01PM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in China, EU, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Koreas, Russia, US foreign policy, WPR Column, energy

Last year was a tough one in terms of global economics, humanitarian disasters and political leadership among the world's great powers. But it was also the year of the glorious Arab Spring and hints of similar developments in Myanmar, Russia and Ethiopia. So while the year's "fundamentals," as the economists like to say, weren't so good, it left us with plenty to be grateful for as globalization continues to awaken the desire of individuals for freedom the world over. Keeping all that in mind, here is my foreign policy wish list for 2012.

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