Un Swissroll

Et voici le troisième et dernier volet de la « doctrine Blair » sur les relations internationales, avec un accent plus particulier sur la réforme des organisations internationales! Est-ce une réminiscence de ses rêves de jeunesse d’être une rock star, toujours est-il que le show a pris toutes les allures d’une tournée mondiale: premier discours à  Londres, deuxième discours en Australie et troisième discours aujourd’hui aux Etats-Unis (à  l’Université de Georgetown près de Washington DC). Je ne me lasse jamais de souligner la cohérence de cette doctrine comme son pedigree de gauche; elle prend pleinement en compte l’événement fondateur qu’a représenté l’attaque du 11 septembre 2001 tout en étant entièrement en germe dans un discours prononcé par Tony Blair à  Chicago le 24 avril 1999, c’est-à -dire sous la présidence de Bill Clinton.

Occasionally I look at our international institutions and think as I do about our welfare state: the structures of 1946 trying to meet the challenges of 2006.
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Today, after all the turmoil and disagreement of the past few years, there is a real opportunity to bring us together. We all of us face the common security threat of global terrorism; we all of us depend on a healthy global financial system; all of us, at least in time, will feel the consequences of the poverty of millions living in a world of plenty; we all of us know that secure and clean energy is a common priority. All of us have an interest in stability and a fear of chaos. That’s the impact of interdependence.
Above all, though in too many countries and in too many ways, global values are not followed, there is no dissent about their desirability. From the moment the Afgans came out and voted in their first ever election, the myth that democracy was a Western concept, was exploded. The Governments of the world do not all believe in freedom. But the people of the world do.
In my nine years as Prime Minister I have not become more cynical about idealism. I have simply become more persuaded that the distinction between a foreign policy driven by values and one driven by interests, is obviously wrong. Globalisation begets interdependence. Interdependence begets the necessity of a common value system to make it work. In other words, the idealism becomes the real politik. None of that will eliminate the setbacks, fallings short, inconsistencies and hypocrisies that come with practical decision-making in a harsh world. But it does mean that the best of the human spirit, that which, throughout the ages, has pushed the progress of humanity along, is also the best hope for the world’s future. Our values are our guide.