Well, here goes.
I don't know yet if I have established a new principle in determining whether or not a nation is a security risk if it is not interested in global issues of Peace and Security. This might certainly help to refocus attention under a new rubric: "global". This also goes much beyond the current heading of "nations supporting terrorism" that pose the security risk and makes every nation technically eligible to be a security risk.
I also just want to mention that I have been watching the G20 Summit in London and am very impressed at Medvedev, the Russian leader and his proposal to engage in talks aimed at reduction of nuclear armaments. He
has now moved to establish himself on his own terms apart from Putin. With this proposal, Russia is no longer " problematic" but is now "major co-operator" on issues of Peace and Security. This does not necessarily mean that all of the difficulties with Georgia have just disappeared; it means that the Russians want to work things out diplomatically. If they actually do go through a phase of reduction of nuclear arms, we, the world citizens, are the winners. We may not be winning very much in this global recession so far; but we are winning in this security battle.
These are my thoughts for today.
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