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WFI Panel at the Citizens for Global Solutions
Annual
Conference, Santa Fe 2005
Citizens for Global Solutions' think tank, The World Federalist Institute, presented a
panel discussion with the theme "Making the Local Global: Developing a U.S. Foreign Policy
True to Our Ideals." The panel featured four speakers:
Saul Mendlovitz, a scholar of
international law and founder of the World Order Models Project;
Paul Kimmel, a
social psychologist;
Steve Damours, an author on international politics; and
Marty Resick, a
businessman. Moderating was
Mariel Leonard, a member of WFI's
Steering Committee and a former WFI intern.
Kimmel argued that taking a relativistic view of our own culture enhances the
quality of our communication with other cultures. Damours criticized American
foreign policy for its unilateralism; like Kimmel he maintained that the U.S.
must find greater common purpose with other nations. Resick offered a hopeful
picture of progressive American business as an engine for more humane labor,
environmental and international policy. Mendlovitz presented the case for
American support of a United Nations Emergency Peace Service, a standing rapid
response force which could save thousands of lives in cases of genocide and
crimes against humanity.
Although coming from diverse directions, the four panelists gave congruent
pictures of a redirected American foreign policy working to diminish violence
between peoples and to our planet.
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WFI PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Opening Remarks
By Mariel Leonard
A UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY PEACE SERVICE:
TO PREVENT GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
By Saul Mendlovitz
DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS
By Paul Kimmel
TRIBALISM, GREED, AND THE ARROGANCE OF POWER:
THE MOTIVES OF AMERICAN MILITARISM
By Steve Damours
Corporate Social Responsibility – Time for CGS to get
Involved?
By Marty Resick
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