The Dangers of a League of Unwilling Democracies
Guideon Rachman, The Financial Times | May 6, 2008
Mc Cain aspires to redefining the US’s global role by creating a US-led "League of Democracies." ++ Besides antagonizing Russia and China and ignoring the significance of their cooperation on environmental and nuclear issues, this idea appears as a means to circumvent the UN and raises widespread opposition among qualifying democracies. ++ Eventually, the project would be stalled by Europe’s suspicion of American “democratic evangelism” and the prevailing reluctance to exacerbate China in Asia.
