Our independence, not yours?
We live in the age of reborn nationalism even as old dreams of an enlightened world government fade. The United Nations Organization (UN) just about survives, though it is difficult to imagine our world without it. The wars that scorched the globe also gave the UN its commitment to lasting peace. It is far from perfect, and yet we have no better substitute.
As time goes by, the agency's imperfections are becoming more apparent but also the need to fortify the platform where friends and foes gather to seek peace and accommodation, find difficult paths to contain bellicose elements and reduce the threat of a nuclear holocaust.
But as the threat of a nuclear winter recedes, the world encounters other unsettling issues such as water scarcity, climate change, eco-degradation, terrorism and migration. There are many who live on the edge.
It is no surprise then that having been unable to secure the peace dividend, the
