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Undying commitment to human rights

In December 1978, Jimmy Carter who has died aged 100 outlined his belief that American strategic decisions abroad should be shaped by an adherence to human rights. “Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy … because human rights is the soul of our sense of nationhood.”

Collision course

The two men are on a collision course the likes of which has not been seen before in American political history; loyal pairs of presidents and vice presidents have been the norm thus far unless one goes way back.

Wars of plunder

he international system, constructed following the Second World War, is almost unrecognizable. New geopolitical realities demand new structures of global governance and a new economy for many which will provide a greater voice for developing and emerging countries. But it remains a work in progress thanks to US intransigence. The US record of being on the wrong side of history is unparalleled