Yet China s leaders remain incapable of seeming to abandon the North, no matter how odious its behavior.

Condemning trafficking in persons as an abhorrent form of modern day slavery and as an act that is contrary to universal human rights,

Finding the smartest solutions to problems requires prioritizing an effort that the MDGs do not explicitly make, and which many people find distasteful.

I condemned these attacks as abominable and an act of terrorism, since most of the thirteen victims during the past seven years have been non combatants.

If a twenty first century post sovereign system remains an unreachable dream in our Hobbesian world, and reverting to nineteenth century norms by acquiescing to aggressive behavior by Russia and China is unpalatable, defending the postwar international system may be the best option we have.