Obama: U.S. Must “Accept Constraints” on Sovereignty
In what is likely his final address to the UN General Assembly, on September 20 President Obama offered what he called the “broad strokes” of a “course correction” necessary to achieve “global integration.”
In order to “to carry this progress forward,” the president said that he is “convinced that in the long run, giving up some freedom of action … binding ourselves to international rules over the long term — enhances our security.”
Next, although not mentioning Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by name, Obama warned of the dangers of pursuing an Americanist agenda. Speaking of the need for “global integration,” Obama warned that “aggressive nationalism” and “a crude populism” — a vision promoted by the “far right” — fails to embrace “our common humanity.”
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