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Value-conscious realistic foreign policy

European foreign and security policy produces a wide range of outputs, such as humanitarian and diplomatic activities or sanctions; however, it often appears ineffective, and sometimes, as in the Middle East conflict, even disorientated—not a good basis for the fight for peace, democracy, and responsible global action. This is contrasted with the concept of a value-conscious, realistic foreign policy.

Operation Beach Resorts is moving forward

Trump's project to transform the Gaza Strip into highly marketable beachfront real estate is making good progress: The troublesome population is being successfully starved out or eliminated while waiting in line for food aid; the buildings still standing in Gaza City are likely to be bombed in the fight against Hamas soon, and the chances of the Palestinians leaving the area continue to rise – convincing progress that qualifies the plan's authors and his aide (Netanyahu) not only for the Nobel Peace Prize, but also for the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Complex interdependence eliminated

If subject areas and social subsystems, such as the economy or science, can organize themselves according to their own logic, it is worthwhile to exert every effort operationally, and general welfare increases – an achievement of civil modernity. This constellation, also known as complex interdependence (Keohane/Nye 1977) – the individual issue areas are not linearly subordinate to one another and can therefore develop freely – is now increasingly a thing of the past thanks to Donald Trump; because whoever has military power now also determines previously independent subject areas. Thus, the absolute king of golf for the next few years has already been decided: Donald Trump! But a new order is also emerging in all other fields of sport, culture, and business: the order of one-dimensional power: Finally, the world is becoming manageable again!

Fight for Civility

Achievements of civil modernity, developed over centuries, are coming under pressure from Trump, Putin, and others. It's time to acknowledge this and dedicate all our strength to preserving our values and institutions.

USA:

From Democracy to Kleptocracy

Donald Trump thinks and acts unilaterally (unilateralistically) according to the motto: Trump's America First. However, tariff increases hinder global economic exchange and reduce overall economic productivity. Furthermore, economic unilateralism promotes general political and military unilateralism, thus increasing the potential for violence. Finally, Trump and his clique enrich themselves unashamedly at the expense of the general public: thieves in power (kleptocracy).

Trump's kleptocracy should be openly discussed not only in the United States but also in the United Nations.

Equality

through quotas?

The idea that equality can only be achieved through fixed shares (quotas) of power or positions is not only prevalent in the women's movement – a view that can be justified as a counter-moment to a rigid power structure. However, quotas privilege the quota group and, within this group, especially those who represent it.

Equality prevails when all participants have equal rights and can effectively exercise them, such as the right to vote, indiscriminately guaranteed active and passive voting, equal voting power, and guaranteed opportunities to participate freely. See a discussion on this already conducted in 2018 in the book: Theory of Civil Modernity (click on the button below).