Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Unveils Global Governance Agenda
by Daniel Taylor
http://globalresearch.ca/, March
31, 2009
The Council on Foreign Relations, often
described as the "real state department", has launched
an initiative to promote and implement a system of effective world
governance.
Henry Kissinger, a CFR member, anticipates
that President Obama will, "give new impetus to American
foreign policy partly because the reception of him is so extraordinary
around the world. I think his task will be to develop an overall
strategy for America in this period when, really, a new world
order can be created. It's a great opportunity, it isn't just
a crisis."
The program, titled " The International
Institutions and Global Governance Program," utilizes the
resources of the "David Rockefeller Studies Program to assess
existing regional and global governance mechanisms" The initial
funding for the program came with a $6 million grant from the
Robina Foundation, which claims that the grant is "one of
the largest operating grants ever received in Council history."
The IIGG program, launched on May 1st,
2008, is the latest manifestation of an agenda that has existed
since and before the founding of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Former CFR member, Rear Admiral Chester Ward, stated regarding
the group,
"The most powerful clique in these
elitist groups have one objective in common - they want to bring
about the surrender of the sovereignty and the national independence
of the United States. A second clique of international members
in the CFR comprises the Wall Street international bankers and
their key agents. Primarily, they want the world banking monopoly
from whatever power ends up in the control of global government."
The International Institutions and Global
Governance Program identifies several "global issues"
that require a system of world governance. Environmental issues,
terrorism, the global economy and energy are all mentioned. The
project then states that a system of "universal membership"
could be pursued, or alternatively a regional organization, such
as the European Union model.
"In each of these spheres, the program
will consider whether the most promising framework for governance
is a formal organization with universal membership (e.g., the
United Nations); a regional or sub-regional organization; a narrower,
informal coalition of like-minded countries; or some combination
of all three."
The program calls for the "Re-conceptualizing"
of national sovereignty, citing the European Union's "pooling"
of sovereignty as a model. The CFR project recognizes that historically,
the United States has been resistant to the ideals of global governance.
The project states, "Among the most important factors determining
the future of global governance will be the attitude of the United
States"
The IIGG program continues, "few
countries have been as sensitive as the United States to restrictions
on their freedom of action or as jealous in guarding their sovereign
prerogatives." The program then states that the separation
of powers as stated in the Constitution, along with the U.S. Congress,
stand in the way of the United States assuming "new international
obligations."
As stated,
"the country's longstanding tradition
of liberal "exceptionalism" inspires U.S. vigilance
in protecting the domestic sovereignty and institutions from the
perceived incursions of international bodies. Finally, the separation
of powers enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress
a critical voice in the ratification of treaties and endorsement
of global institutions, complicates U.S. assumptions of new international
obligations."
The actions of the Military Industrial
Complex under the Bush Administration have served globalist interests
well. "Global structures" are now presented as the mechanism
to prevent such atrocities. America's demonization is central
to building a system of world governance. Patrick M. Stewart,
who is currently the director of the CFR IIGG program, is anticipating
the Obama administration "to seek to turn the page on what
many perceived to be 'cowboy unilateralism' of the Bush years,
by embracing multilateral cooperation, re-kindling U.S. alliances
and partnerships, and engaging in sustained diplomacy within the
UN framework," as reported by Xinhua. The IIGG project itself
stated in May of 2008 that, "Regardless of whether the administration
that takes office in January 2009 is Democratic or Republican,
the thrust of U.S. foreign policy is likely to be multilateral
to a significant degree."
Globalist forces are hard at work in the
economic and political realms in an attempt to shape the future
of the world, furthering the dominance of the global elite. Calls
for a global currency in response to the economic crisis are regularly
occurring, drawing the tacit support of Treasury Secretary Timothy
Geithner, speaking to the CFR.
Henry Kissinger, a CFR member, anticipates
that President Obama will, "give new impetus to American
foreign policy partly because the reception of him is so extraordinary
around the world. I think his task will be to develop an overall
strategy for America in this period when, really, a new world
order can be created. It's a great opportunity, it isn't just
a crisis."
The Council on Foreign Relations global
governance program will undoubtedly be pursued under the Obama
administration, which is filled with CFR members. President of
the CFR, Richard Haass, is serving as a top adviser to the Obama
administration. As the IIGG program admits, regardless of who
sits in the White House, the globalist agenda moves forward full
speed ahead.
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