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Time for a Global Good Neighbor Policy
Mutual respect should guide U.S. foreign policy. Our government once approached the world with this spirit of international cooperation. In the 1930s and 1940s, FDR’s Good Neighbor policy provided the collective determination to defeat fascism and the vision to create international institutions like the United Nations. We can do it again.
A foreign policy shaped by common values and informed by common heritage would restore our country’s reputation as a responsible global leader and partner. The concept of a Global Good Neighbor foreign policy is simple: Good neighbor values and practices make the global neighborhood a safer, healthier, friendlier place.
National Poll Finds Support for a Good Neighbor Policy
“What kind of foreign policy does the American public want?” Among the chief findings of a new national poll were: “the United States would best serve the national interests by thinking in terms of being a ‘good neighbor’”; and that the U.S. government “plays too much on the public’s fear to justify its foreign policies.” (more)
What Others Are Saying About GGN
“Mutual respect and cooperation between nations is an important value of the United Methodist Church. I am grateful to the Global Good Neighbor Initiative for reminding us of a time in our recent past when our nation sought to build constructive relationships internationally. Let us remember the positive lessons of history so that we may repeat them.”
Jim Winkler, General Secretary
General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church
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Listen to GGN Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
We have five Public Service Announcements on the Global Good Neighbor theme that are being aired around the nation. If you would like to spread the word about Global Good Neighbor in your corner of the world, go to our PSA page to find out how. Remember, the more people who hear about Global Good Neighbor, the better chance we have to change the course of U.S. foreign policy!
Good Neighbor/Bad Neighbor Policies
Good Neighbor Commendation #3:
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
A Vital Institution Under Siege
For consistently basing its labor on science and facts in a politically charged environment, for maintaining its commitment to international rules as the path to resolving differences, and for working to protect the planet from nuclear weapons proliferation, the International Relations Center confers the third Global Good Neighbor commendation on the International Atomic Energy Agency. More.
For more information:
A Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations
 Bad Neighbor of the Week:
Pat Buchanan
As an extension of his America First principles, Buchanan has become one of the most articulate, consistent critics of U.S. imperialism. This skepticism of America’s mission abroad recommends him and other like-minded conservatives as global good neighbors—those who insist that there should be strict limits on U.S .interventionism abroad, whether on “democracy promotion” missions or military invasions and occupations. But the same America First principles give rise to an unsavory nativism that elevates the Anglo-Saxon culture and race and denigrates other cultures and races. More.
For more information:
Reframing the Immigration Debate: The Actors and the Issues
Inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt's vision of international relations guided by "mutual respect" and cooperation, the IRC’s Global Good Neighbor Initiative is reclaiming this legacy by promoting dialogue and action aimed at forging a new animating vision for foreign policy in our time:
A Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations
http://ggn.irc-online.org/
For media inquiries, email media@irc-online.org or call (505) 388-0208.
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