“Why America should abandon its instincts for unilateralism” by Chris Patten

Chris Patten the EU commissioner for external relations said that ‘to assert that Americas first duty must be to protect its own democracy and the rights of its own people is not selfish, any more than it is wrong for Americas policy makers to be concerned to the extent to which international obligations may come to represent a threat to US sovereignty’

He uncounted five reasons for why we need American leadership and international cooperation on an unprecedented scale. ‘Leadership should be exercised in partnership’

- Modern world should be more connected in order to protect itself

- Globalisation – countries have to work together to resolve common problems

- International institutions need to be in the model of �

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