The foregoing is the root of USA Foreign Policy, and as such, a correlate of the Primakov Doctrine, the root of Russian Foreign Policy.
As I observe developments inside and beyond our nation’s borders, I am convinced an era of one-power, one-ideology dominance passes ungraciously in fire of its own making and an era of getting along through universal and traditional principles of statecraft — mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, mutually beneficial cooperation — emerges heroically from the conflagration, to put it out. Homeland defense is in, transnational domination is out.
Statecraft is differential equations, an engineering enterprise, not a sporting event, not a ballgame, nor a chess game. We have interlocutors in all domains simultaneously, using multiple frequencies on indeterminate time-lines, not allies, partners, or competitors struggling with one another on familiar playing fields level or not.
The term, The US Army, should mean The US Joint Force, or, The US Combined Force. Or simply, The US Army, or, The US Armed Force. The one lot of them should be unified under a US General Staff commanded by a Chief of Staff of The US General Staff, under SecDef. Congress have a lot of work ahead of them rewriting U.S. Code, especially Title 10, once they atone for enmity and renounce lobbyists who pay to deflect them away from cultivating the nation’s welfare.
Principle I
The United States have no authority in the domestic affairs of other nations and expect other nations to reciprocate by not feigning authority in our domestic affairs. The United States have interest in the lines of communication running between The United States and all other nations. We expect ourselves and other nations to bear fairly the burden of keeping those lines open, safe, reliable, fair, and clean for use by all nations.
Principle II
The United States welcome comprehensive strategic partnership for the new era with our brother nations India and Russia, for correlation, coordination, and promulgation, from their perspectives, of the ground of statecraft set forth in Principle I and urge Japan and Egypt to join us for that endeavor and commitment.
Principle III
An order to deploy which lacks or frustrates intent to compel an enemy to sign a declaration of unconditional surrender is an unlawful order by the Rules of Just War, the Conventions of War, Common Sense, and the Spirit of America. An order to deploy conveys this intent to the Commanding Officer: win this war / battle in a timely manner at the lowest possible cost to yourself and your enemy or do not come back alive.
