International Relations Quotes

“In other words, each side could arm itself with whatever ideological slogans fulfilled its own domestic necessities, so long as it did not let them interfere with the need for cooperation against the Soviet danger. Ideology would be relegated to domestic management; it took a leave from foreign policy. The ideological armistice was, of course, valid only so long as objectives remained compatible.”
― Henry Kissinger, On China

“Unspoken Truths (The Sonnet)

Democracy is people-approved dictatorship,
Military is people-approved genocide.
Atom bombs are people-approved armageddon,
In conscience-court all guilty of homicide.

There is no time left, for there never was time,
Time begins with the beginning of civilization.
And civilization is something we are yet to find,
Hence, there is no question of clock progression.

Nationalist chimps sell war in the name of security,
Stoneage civilians rush to bulk-buy graveyard plots.
Merchant of murder, you, yell about peacekeeping,
While you feast on nationalism like wet little cods!

When cavemen take pride in their national glory of death,
Sanctuary becomes asylum for the lunatic walking dead!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Relations between China and the United States need not - and should not - become a zero-sum game ... Key issues on the international front are global in nature. Consensus may prove difficult, but confronation on these issues is self-defeating.”
― Henry Kissinger, On China

“Do you find it strange that the modern human is the only animal in history that has developed a system of international warfare?”
― Steven Magee

“Memo to The States of Earth

All through time, the conquerors have been writing history. But no more! The conquerors are no longer the supreme emperor of the narrative, even if all the spineless governments take their side. Because guess what - society is no longer a property of the state. You ask us to vaccinate, we shall vaccinate - you ask us to follow traffic rules, we shall follow traffic rules - you ask us to file our taxes, we shall file our taxes - because that's the civilized thing to do. But if you ask us to support your rich moron of a friend in his exploits of conquest and domination, you shall not have a government to begin with. Remember that.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“It's a new world we gotta build -
Founded on love, tempered by reason.
If we must keep the borders,
let's keep them as external necessity,
not as internal prison.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Strum on heartstrings the song of synergy,
Be the headstrong harbinger of harmony.
Coexistence is existence when human is whole,
Wake up to duty, geopolitics will be history.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Time to Defect (The Sonnet)

It's time to defect, my friend -

from the side of passport to the side of heartport,
from the side of prison to the side of reason,
from the side of nationality to the side of sanity,
from the side of myopia to the side of motion,

from the side of crutches to the side of conscience,
from the side of coffins to the side of character,
from the side of bombs to the side of backbone,
from the side of barbwire to the side of brainwire,

from the side of flag to the side of fervor,
from the side of parasites to the side of paragons,
from the side of pacemakers to the side of peacemakers,
from the side of ideology to the side of illumination.

It's time to defect, my friend -
from the side of caves to the side of kind,
from the side of tribe to the side of life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“It's time to defect, my friend - from the side of tribe to the side of life.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“Wanna study geopolitics? First, take off your westwashed glasses - second, take off your westwashed shoes - third, scrub off your westwashed skin. In a world where the west has caused more humanitarian crises than Naskar has written books, you shall understand nothing till you decolonize your mind, no matter which hemisphere you are born in.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“To create the premises for peace and harmony, both domestically and internationally, it is important to account for the fragility in our nature and build accountable institutions that guarantee human dignity for all, at all times and under all circumstances.”
― Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan

“When left unchecked, the egoistic character of human nature will entail a relentless search for the consolidation of power.”
― Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan

“Symbiotic Realism argues that state interests must be accommodated within frameworks of cooperation that balance between power-maximisation and the reality of a complex global system.”
― Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan

“Strategic culture provides an analytical lens through which to better grasp the continuities underlying international crises and the motivations of states’ actions. It encompasses both the emotionality of states (national pride and prestige) and the egoism of states (the pursuit of national interests).”
― Nayef R.F. Al-Rodhan

“One World Family (The Sonnet)

My dream is, one world family,
not one world government.
My vision calls for a human world,
beyond the battle of right and left.

Trading Nato for Brics ain't advancement,
Swapping Sam with Soviet isn't progress.
If your mistrust of one colonizer
makes you build alliance with another,
it's not change but recurring regress.

Change is only change when
inhumanity is rejected altogether.
If inhumanity merely changes carrier,
it's not change but diplomatic disaster.

Alliance after alliance, cult after cult,
Politics over people will destroy the world.
All alliance stem from interest not integration,
Such geopolitical diplomacy will be our castration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“My dream is, one world family, not one world government.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“My dream is one world family, not one world government – my dream is a world where civilians bear the responsibility for the affairs of their society according to their capacity and expertise, not some halfwit political overlords. The mission is to build a nonpartisan world, not to delegate all social responsibilities from countless little puny political nitwits to one giant global git.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“States cannot bring peace,
for state and peace are antithesis of each other.
Move past the state, look into culture -
the world won't have peace
till there is integration amongst cultures.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“Patriotism is primitiveness. Patriotism is the antithesis of world peace - it is the antithesis of acceptance, integration and harmony - in short, patriotism is the ultimate crime against humanity. Let me show you how.

What's the image that comes to your mind, when you hear the word "patriotism"? A soldier with a gun - and where there is a soldier, there is an enemy. And who is that enemy? Usually it's just another soldier from the other side of the border - who has his own children, own spouse, own family at home, and is the symbol of patriotism in his own nation. Now, do you see the absurdity of the whole concept of patriotism! That's how sick this society is - where the only thing that distinguishes patriotism from terrorism is which side of the border bears your feet shackled - borders that are peddled by politicians to maintain control - not security, not peace, but control. Because a world without borders is a world without fear - and it's impossible to control people when they no longer fear each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Patriotism is the ultimate crime against humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“A world without borders is a world without fear - and it's impossible to control people when they no longer fear each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Patriotism is primitiveness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“World calls it Geopolitics - I call it Pavlovian Conditioning of Patriotism - where the citizen canines of a state are made to believe even the worst of stately atrocity to be just and righteous, by repeated exposure of a patriotic narrative.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Patriotism is the antithesis of world peace.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Neither fossil fuel nor artificial intelligence is the problem - the real danger is greed. Do you think everybody will live happily ever after, once you replace fossil fuel with green energy! No - they won't! Apekind will simply use green energy to power their greed instead of oil and gas. They will use green energy to wage war, they'll use green energy to kill people. US military is already developing a high-endurance unmanned solar powered aircraft, to be used as a communication relay platform and for surveillance. Besides, solar powered reconnaissance drones have already been in military use for some years now, in various parts of the world. Which means, the planet will be safer, but the people will be in just as much muck as they are today.

Apparently, there is a limit to fossil fuel, but there is no limit to human stupidity. Apekind will find one way or another to continue with their "kill or be killed" nonsense, just like any other animal in the wild. And every time government officials will make the same old statement, "it's necessary for national security" - just as power hungry tribal chiefs have been saying since our jungle days, before putting millions upon millions to death!

So, my question is - what good is green energy if it's used for the same inhuman purposes as fossil fuel!

Treat greed first, you fools - treat greed first! Then you won't need to make a ton of empty promises and winded policies for a sustainable future - because where there is no greed, sustainability flows like spring water. Treat greed first, then I shall call you humankind - until then, you are nothing but apekind. Without the green of heart, what green apes, what oil apes - all energy leads to but one color - the color of blood - red! Energy used to sustain the same old paradigm of greed, control and disparity, is anything but clean - no matter what it says on the label.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“No matter the cause, no civilian must die, that is my one unimpeachable law.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

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1. Start Early
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Conclusion
International moving is a significant undertaking that requires careful planning and thorough research.”
― Transonmovers

“Citizens of earth could end all wars in a year - boycott all tax-filing unless your governments cease all defense activities for good.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“When faced by an international conflict, forget diplomacy, forget statecraft, forget strategies and policies and ask yourself, what would a human do in this situation, not a politician, not a bureaucrat, not a law enforcement official, but a human?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hurricane Humans: Give me accountability, I'll give you peace

“You gotta rescue peace from the states,
For no state will ever organize peace.
No matter their lies of peace and harmony,
Inside, all states are merchants of malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn