Has the 2008 economic crisis in some ways corrected for the mistakes America made after September 11? Former Brazil foreign minister and ambassador to the United States Roberto Abdenur writes that the global financial crisis has served to open the United States to greater cooperation with the world – if only the Tea Party would get out of the way.
For Brazil’s Folha, former Brazil Foreign Minister Roberto Abdenur writes in part:
If terrorism has led the U.S. toward aggressive extroversion, the economic crisis is leading it to exercise introversion. If terrorism united that nation, the 2008 crisis divides and polarizes its society and political environment. If 2001 led toward unilateralism, 2008 opens new possibilities for dialogue, cooperation and multilateralism.
There is the G20. Financial organizations like the IMF and World Bank have been revitalized. The World Trade Organization, despite the failure of the Doha Round, has been reinforced as a source for regulatory frameworks and a forum capable of settling disputes and controversies. Thank heavens.
But yes, there is still a challenge to overcome in the U.S.: the Tea Party, an actor that, admitting to a certain amount of exaggeration, stands for real economic terrorism. The al-Qaeda of the economy …”
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