Globalization and the Two-State Solution

This country does not need a new Immigration Policy. Neither does it need a sweeping new Energy Policy, nor a War on International Terror, nor a War on Drugs. What this country needs is a Globalization Policy. America needs a globalization policy because all the most serious problems we face as a nation today arise from frictions and dislocations associated with globalization. It is only by addressing the root causes of these various ills that we can hope to arrive at a coherent vision for the future of our land, its various peoples, and our world.

Globalization is not something we can choose to embrace or reject. It never was. There are those trying to exploit it, like multi-nationals rushing into China, no matter what the cost to American standards of living or the cause of International Human Rights. And there are those trying to resist it, like Labor unions fighting lower domestic wages, or Minutemen guarding the Mexican border. Strangely, the ultimate losers in Globalization push hardest to realize it, while its greatest potential beneficiaries rage against the machine. The question is not whether Globalization will change everything about our world. The question is only how.

But what is Globalization? We certainly hear the term invoked more and more. What does it mean? Why is it happening? What are the demographic, economic and political forces shaping world events into the phenomenon called "globalization?" Where is it likely to go? Who are the major stakeholders in this situation, and what are their fears and goals? What are the real problems we face as a nation, and how might answers to these questions inform our solutions?

To be continued...