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The First And Most Important Is To Emphasize The Enduring Nature Of The Alliance Relationship Particularly With Europe Which Does Share Our Values And Interests Even If It Disagrees With Us On Specific Policies.

The Key Point To Bear In Mind Is That Russia Cannot Be In Europe Without Ukraine Also Being In Europe, Whereas Ukraine Can Be In Europe Without Russia Being In Europe.

I Think The United States Is Currently A Kind Of Wonder - Wonderland With The President Trump Speaking On Subjects Of His Choice, Some Of Which Are Entertaining, But None Of Which Are Very Strategically Substantive.

Today We Are Again Witnessing The Emergence Of Transnational Elites ... [whose] Ties Cut Across National Boundaries ...it Is Likely That Before Long The Social Elites Of Most Of The More Advanced Countries Will Be Highly Internationalist Or Globalist In Spirit And Outlook ... The Nation-state Is Gradually Yielding Its Sovereignty... Further Progress Will Require Greater American Sacrifices. More Intensive Efforts To Shape A New World Monetary Structure Will Have To Be Undertaken, With Some Consequent Risk To The Present Relatively Favorable American Position.

Moreover, As America Becomes An Increasingly Multi-cultural Society, It May Find It More Difficult To Fashion A Consensus On Foreign Policy Issues, Except In The Circumstance Of A Truly Massive And Widely Perceived Direct External Threat.