National Interest & Interest of the World Community

Should nations put the interests of the world community ahead of purely national interests? At first glance this proposition is likely to sound admirable but perhaps nanve. However, the question may also lead us to consider where nations' long-term interests lie. Small, weak nations certainly have an interest in a peaceful world community, in which more powerful nations will not threaten or oppress them. Even large, powerful nations, however, may well find it in their own long-term interest to put world interests first.

Let us consider two great thinkers on power politics and strategy who have rarely been accused of looking at the world through rose-colored glasses. One is the classical Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu, who lived around the 4th century BCE. The other is the Renaissance Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli, whose name has become synon

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