What a "Concert of Democracies" does is institutionalize a re-polarization of the world -- exactly what our policies should be trying to avoid.

It is something of a red herring to talk about China or Russia blocking UN security council reform. I don't see the U.S. strongly advocating reform - larger security council and 2/3rd majority (rather than veto powers.) Even an 80% majority requirement would still allow decisive action in the most serious world security crises while protecting minority rights. I don't think the U.S. is ready for this kind of internationalism. It is still too enamored of unilateral military activism.

By the way, Kosovo under Clinton set the precedent for going outside the UN security council that set up Bush for the Iraq invasion.

Charles Knight, Project on Defense Alternatives

Posted at May 7, 2008 9:56 PM in response to The Radical Princeton Project