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Assemble the SQUAD!

As tensions in the West Philippine Sea rise and the prospect of a war over Taiwan grows, the US Pentagon is increasing its regional defense diplomacy in a powerful rebuke to China’s rising regional threats and ambitions. Last week, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomed counterparts from Japan, Australia, and the Philippines to what […]

James Black joins WSC

Jim has joined the program committee of WSC, a lawyer for 35 years, primarily in international business and compliance. Counsel to the Renew Democracy Initiative and the World Law Congress. Serving as a UN delegate on behalf of the World Jurist Association. Professor of law at Hofstra University, where he teaches corporate compliance and ethics. […]

A World Security Community of Democratic Nations

Global problems need global solutions. A democratic world federation, or global parliament, would offer an effective structure to deal with the critical global problems which confront us. We propose a first step towards that objective, following the template established in Europe. We propose the formation of a World Security Community (WSC) of democracies with a […]