[mkarmac]

This idea of "containment" may have worked well in the past, but is not as practical anymore. The world is so deeply connected, and technology so advanced, that international cooperation is far more essential.

Nuclear weaponry is but one of a number of salient examples. Even such staunch realists as Kissinger have come to recognize that they must be eliminated, and that intense international cooperation will be necessary to do so:

http://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-digest/article/610...

[three14]

I agree with that. (Well, except for the idea that it's practical to get rid of every last nuke.) We need to work together AND we benefit from having separate countries and borders.