“Nations cohere and flourish on the belief that their institutions can foresee calamity, arrest its impact and restore stability. These are the principles that guide Kissinger’s recommendations not any affection for working people who he regards as stupid mules.

In Kissinger’s lexicon, solidarity is narrowly defined as ‘public support for elitist projects’ like globalization, open borders and the free movement of capital. Of course, when Kissinger talks about “public trust” and “social solidarity” what he really means is that the government needs to settle on an effective public relations strategy that will dupe the sheeple into falling in line. Sustaining the public trust is crucial to social solidarity, to the relation of societies with each other, and to international peace and stability.” WSJ “Now, in a divided country, efficient and farsighted government is necessary to overcome obstacles unprecedented in magnitude and global scope. There’s no doubt that the Trump administration has ceded the moral high-ground to its arch-enemy, China. Naturally, China’s humanitarian contributions have been widely applauded while Washington’s conduct has been denounced as petty, vicious and vindictive. And he has a point, too, after all, while China sent medical teams and vital supplies to countries hard-hit by the virus, the United States was busy tightening sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, which prevented infected civilians from getting the medications they need to survive. He thinks the administration’s isolationist policies have created a leadership vacuum that China has quickly filled. Kissinger thinks Trump’s “America First” rhetoric has undermined foreign relations and weakened US hegemony. If we cannot do both in tandem, we will face the worst of each.” (“ The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Forever Alter the World Order”, Wall Street Journal)

Addressing the necessities of the moment must ultimately be coupled with a global collaborative vision and program. No country, not even the U.S., can in a purely national effort overcome the virus. While the assault on human health will-hopefully-be temporary, the political and economic upheaval it has unleashed could last for generations.

First, shore up global resilience to infectious disease…Second, strive to heal the wounds to the world economy….Third, safeguard the principles of the liberal world order. is obliged to undertake a major effort in three domains. “Drawing lessons from the development of the Marshall Plan and the Manhattan Project, the U.S.

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