Abstract
Do we prefer freedom backed up by minimum government or would we be merely satisfied with sobriety that is imposed on our lives and liberty by the dictates of high politics from above? It is amply clear that at the beginning of a new millennium already imperiled by the grim possinility of a nuclear war that civilised human beings organised as systems of politics across porous international borders can no longer afford to unquestioningly follow the policy prescriptions of their domestic governments, foreign offices and State departments. More intense people-to-people contacts should be sustained on a long-term basis. As such transnational networks can better work toward the so-called Track two diplomacy between intellectuals and academics, social activists, policy analysts, development consultants and the common people. It is the unknown citizen who should really be brought back into primary focus by Rolling Back the State-'nowhere men and women’ should have basic empowerment, freedom and development. Yet another fundamental war should be waged against hunger, poverty and illiteracy-based on endurable peace, better quality of education for all and a higher quality of material and ethical well-being in general.
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