Gary Hart at Talking Points Memo Cafe:

"In response to an earlier post, several respondents suggested that elaboration on a formula of security based on national self-confidence rather than based on fear would be helpful. This has been the task of years and several books. But the essence is this: Whereas the perceived Cold War threat was based on the fear of Soviet encroachment into Europe and the threat of a nuclear exchange, threats to security and stability in the 21st century include the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, viral pandemics, failed states, climate change, mass migrations, jobs lost to globalization, and a host of similar new realities. These threats cannot be solved by military means and they cannot be solved by a single nation alone. Thus, we are led to the need for a new era of internationalism, the creation of new cooperative alliances similar to that of 1945-48, and a more inclusive understanding of what it takes to make us secure."

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