For the last eight years top Republicans have acted as if Washington's failure to reorder the globe to their liking reflects a lack of effort. If only Barack Obama had exercised "leadership," hadn't "withdrawn" from the world
Democracy and freedom are the wave of the future, a force that nuclear weapons, submarines and missiles are helpless to resist. This mighty trend will carry those who go with it to prosperity, while those who oppose it will be doomed to fail. China should play its part as a "responsible major power" and stop allowing Korea to push its militarism. The ultimate aim is to achieve the ideal proclaimed by Xi Jinping in the UN of "jointly building a human community and destiny" with its five major must-haves and proposals.
