{"id":106523,"date":"2018-02-12T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=106523"},"modified":"2018-02-12T09:01:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T09:01:03","slug":"15-cases-constructive-vs-destructive-u-s-foreign-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/02\/15-cases-constructive-vs-destructive-u-s-foreign-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Cases: Constructive vs Destructive U.S. Foreign Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 Feb 2018 <\/em><\/p>\n

The right column is sadly familiar; add more recent cases.<\/p>\n

The left column also carries an element of sadness but nothing really radical; more like common sense that could easily be translated into political practice.<\/p>\n

And yet it does not happen, to the detriment of the parties concerned: the USA and its relations to the world. USA wants to be feared but reaps hatred with right column politics. Does it want to be loved?<\/p>\n

A theory is something tested along its edges (Quine); what you deduce from\u00a0the theory–and to me the key “edge”–is its action-consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CONFLICTS<\/strong><\/td>\nCONSTRUCTIVE, POSITIVE<\/strong><\/td>\nDESTRUCTIVE, NEGATIVE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FINANCIAL F<\/p>\n

REAL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 R<\/p>\n

ECONOMY<\/p>\n

CRISIS<\/td>\n

Encourage local saving banks<\/p>\n

Publish M2\u00a0 Check Fed Reserve<\/p>\n

Tax speculation\u00a0 Drop bonuses<\/p>\n

Outlaw basic needs speculation<\/p>\n

Democratic control of central banks, state or private<\/p>\n

Mixed world currency<\/td>\n

More F than Real growth<\/p>\n

More money than value<\/p>\n

Serving loans not people<\/p>\n

Countries in debt bondage<\/p>\n

Globalization through privatized central banks<\/p>\n

US$ world reserve currency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

TERRORISM<\/td>\nIdentify their just goals<\/p>\n

Publish Atta\u00a0 Who did 9\/11?<\/td>\n

Extra-judicial execution<\/p>\n

SOCO-Drones\u00a0 Covert war<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

US-ISRAEL vs ARAB-MUSLIM<\/p>\n

STATES<\/td>\n

Palestine recognized; and<\/em><\/p>\n

A two states solution; and<\/em><\/p>\n

A Middle East Community MEC Israel and 5 Arab neighbors<\/p>\n

1967 borders with revisions; and<\/em><\/p>\n

Org for Sec Coop West Asia<\/td>\n

Tail wagging dog:<\/p>\n

Israel wagging USA;<\/p>\n

AIPAC wagging Congress<\/p>\n

Judeo-Christianity is anti-Islam.<\/p>\n

Danger: Extreme US anti-semitism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

LIBYA<\/td>\nSelf-determination for parts, Federalism with democracy<\/td>\nContinued anarchy<\/p>\n

Unitary state illusion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

SYRIA<\/td>\nSelf-determination for parts,<\/p>\n

Federalism with democracy<\/td>\n

Attack; SCO response?<\/p>\n

split Syria, rule parts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

IRAQ<\/td>\nSelf-determination for parts,<\/p>\n

(Con)federalism with democracy<\/p>\n

Kurdish autonomous communities<\/td>\n

Withdrawal only:<\/p>\n

no rebuilding,<\/p>\n

no compensation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

IRAN<\/td>\nConciliation for 1953,<\/p>\n

Middle East nuclear free zone<\/p>\n

Cooperation on non-fossil energy<\/td>\n

Attack, SCO response?<\/p>\n

No Iran nuclear arms<\/p>\n

Controlling Iran oil?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

PAKISTAN<\/td>\nPashtun autonomy, drop Durand\u00a0 Self-determination in Kashmir<\/p>\n

Indian-Pakistani-Kashmiri parts<\/td>\n

Building a Durand fence<\/p>\n

Extrajudicial execution<\/p>\n

SOCO-Drones\u00a0 Covert war<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AFGHANISTAN<\/td>\nA Central Asian Community<\/p>\n

Federation\u00a0 Local autonomies<\/p>\n

OIC-UNSC joint peacekeeping<\/p>\n

Nonaligned, no bases<\/td>\n

Withdrawal only;<\/p>\n

no rebuilding,<\/p>\n

no compensation<\/p>\n

keeping troops, bases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

KOREA<\/td>\nPeace Treaty with N Korea<\/p>\n

Normalization USA-N Korea<\/p>\n

Korea as nuclear free zone<\/td>\n

Marginalizing N Korea<\/p>\n

US-SK military exercises<\/p>\n

Breaking agreements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CHINA<\/td>\nOpen high level dialogue,<\/p>\n

Mutual learning in economics<\/p>\n

Civil and<\/em> economic rights<\/td>\n

Encircling, sub-sat-navy<\/p>\n

“Reform”=neoliberalism<\/p>\n

civil rights only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

JAPAN<\/td>\nJapan in NE Asian Community<\/p>\n

Good relations to USA, APEC+<\/p>\n

USA pulls out of Okinawa<\/td>\n

Impeding conciliation<\/p>\n

Keeping Japan as client<\/p>\n

Subverting A9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

AFRICA<\/td>\nWelcome African Unity<\/p>\n

Build with China E-W highway<\/td>\n

AFRICOM<\/p>\n

Military intervention<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

LATIN AMERICA<\/td>\nWelcome CELAC integration<\/p>\n

Equity Latin\/Anglo-America<\/p>\n

Normalization USA-Cuba<\/td>\n

Military intervention<\/p>\n

Supporting coups<\/p>\n

CIA micro-management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

WORLD<\/td>\nAll<\/em> human rights conventions,<\/p>\n

across state borders<\/p>\n

National self-determination<\/p>\n

Dialogue of civilizations<\/p>\n

Stronger UN, with parliament<\/td>\n

Civil-political only,<\/p>\n

within state borders<\/p>\n

Unitary state models<\/p>\n

Western universalism<\/p>\n

US exceptionalism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

______________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, dr hc mult, is founder of <\/em>TRANSCEND International<\/a> and rector of <\/em>TRANSCEND Peace University<\/a>. Prof. Galtung has published more than 1500 articles\u00a0and book\u00a0chapters, over 500 Editorials for <\/em>TRANSCEND Media Service<\/a>, and more than 170 books on peace and related issues<\/em>, of which more than 40 have been translated to other languages, including <\/em>50 Years-100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives<\/a> published by <\/em>TRANSCEND University Press<\/a>. More information about Prof. Galtung<\/a> and all of his publications<\/a> can be found at transcend.org\/galtung<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The right column is sadly familiar; add more recent cases. The left column also carries an element of sadness but nothing really radical; more like common sense that could easily be translated into political practice. A theory is something tested along its edges (Quine); what you deduce from the theory–and to me the key “edge”–is its action-consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":100711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paper-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}