Blair's Second Speech
In his second foreign policy speech (in a three part series), Tony Blair addressed the Austrailian PM and Parliament. He continues to make a good case for a broader concept of globalization based on shared values. He said,
Driven largely by technology and capitalism, globalization's primarily impact has been on economics, communication and culture. Blair contends it must also include politics which will influence and define the "values in the common ownership of humanity, universal values that should be the right of the global citizen." He calls for the building of a global alliance for these values. As the world becomes more interconnected we don't have any other option. It's also a matter of consistently applying the values throughout the world... not selectively. Whether it's world trade, global climate or "Islamist extremism", we are all in this together. Good stuff."Globalisation is a fact.
But the values that govern it are a choice."
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