Cosmopolitics, the concept of a world politics based on shared
democratic values, is in an increasingly fragile state. While Western
democracies insist ever more vehemently upon a maintenance of their
privileges—freedom of speech, security, wealth—an increasing number
of the world's inhabitants are under threat of poverty, famine and
war. What is needed, the writers suggest, is a deliberate decision to
extend the principles and values of democracy to the sphere of
international relations. Recent experience does not bode well, but
their arguments, which range from reform of the United Nations,
reduction of military weapons, additional power for international
judiciary institutions and an increase in aid to developing
countries, urge new and inspired action.
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