• Muscular Diplomacy: Be involved with the Global Community, we have the dual problems of terrorism and climate crisis. America can’t be isolated from allies and alliances.
• Enlist the powerful diplomatic efforts of China to quell North Korea’s unstable strategies of war and support our allies, Japan and South Korea.
• Be proactive, stop failed states from forming. Enlist the aid of our Global Community to broker peace in Syria. This was hoped for in 2014. it’s not too late.
• Use economic sanctions to curtail geo-political nation building!
• As in the Oslo Accords, I would sponsor honest brokers and groups of concerned citizens to build the necessary bridges toward an Israeli/Palestinian Two-State Peaceful Solution.
• Be active participants in the Paris Climate Policy debate. Donate funds to establish our leadership in this forum. Set an example for the Planet, advance don’t retreat from Emission Goals.
• Establish American Leadership by acting humane. Yes, we have Military strength, that should be used on a limited specific basis; like our first incursion into Iraq. If we go to War, we must be prepared to set up a functioning provisional government, capable of treating all citizens justly.
• Develop and maintain cyber technology defense systems to upgrade/protect the national electric grid. This is a critically urgent need that must be a top priority. A report by the National Academy of Sciences considered an intelligent multisite hacking by experienced attackers and concluded that we should expect widespread long-term power outages that could take several weeks to recover from, causing enormous economic damage. Cities like New York and Washington could cost from $243Billion to $1Trillion ( the University of Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies and Lloyd’s of London).
• The United States should not pre-emptively invade another country. When appropriate, we should not take military action unless we have an exit plan that leaves a stable government in place. Remember Iraq?
• Use military funding to promote new technology, capable of making our military nimble. By that, I mean procuring newly configured “smart” satellites, light-weight and capable of detecting global military build ups, weather and climate changes. If America controls data, we can control our destiny. We can be proactive rather than reactive.
• If we do indeed act as “the World’s Policeman”, I believe it should be in conjunction with our Allies in mutual causes and shared responsibilities.
• Maintain our networking capability between our “Defense” and police organizations. Create an environment for shared intelligence.
• Maintain lines of communication between the Military, Congress and the appropriate Committees keeping policy positions transparent. We don’t want Foreign Policy to be dictated by the Military. Rather, all of our resources from our Intelligence Agencies, Congressional Committees, and the State Department should be consulted before undertaking a decision. Short term planning should be replaced with strategic thinking.
• Communicate, communicate and communicate. Maintain counter terrorism training and provide funds in the Federal Budget to those States known to be terrorist targets. Support their efforts to link up with International Intelligence Agencies. Support their efforts and recommendations to keep our citizens safe.
• Specifically, we support NATO and our Allies. Unless our National Security is threatened, we do not act unilaterally.
