The Guardian newspaper has an article based on a report issued by the Stockholm International Water Institute that water shortages are going to change the dietary habits of human beings quite drastically by mid-century. Since animal protein uses an unsustainable amount of fresh water, the Institute believes that the world will have to change over to vegetarianism. Fresh water is truly going to be a scarce resource very soon.
Iran is hosting the meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, and, in the process, is scoring some diplomatic victories. Both Egypt and India have announced that they will attend the meetings despite strong pressure from the United States. The rebuffs serve as testimony to the reduced influence the US has in world affairs: it is still a powerful state, but there is considerable more freedom for other states to pursue their own policies. The US can learn how to adjust to this reduced role. If it does, the world will have to learn how to navigate on its own as well.
The Republican Party continues to work on its platform (which the Presidential candidate often ignores) and it pays special attention to some international agreements that have previously been accepted by both Republican and Democratic Administrations. I suspect that many don’t know or care about these platforms, but they do act as a political barometer on many issues. In this case, it is clear that many Americans are highly suspicious of anything that seems to be international.
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