Foreign Policy

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's
point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own"
                                                                                         Henry Ford

We shall make a fundamental review of our current foreign policies and establish new and improved relations with many Asian countries, while also maintaining our traditional friendships. Our principles and objectives are:

• All nations around the globe live in different conditions and may choose their own socio-economic system and government. We have no intention to impose our system or way of life on any other country – be it capitalist, communist, socialist, Islamic, fundamentalist or other.

• We accept the world as it is now, and have no territorial claims towards any other country

• We shall replace our present aggressive and militaristic stance with a new one based on respect, neutrality, non-interference and co-operation.

• We shall terminate all our defence, military, intelligence (espionage) treaties, pacts, alliances, etc. and replace them with economic, environmental, cultural and other peaceful ones.

• We shall not threaten any nation and rely entirely on UN for any conflict resolution and/or recognition of new foreign governments.

• Together with other interested nations we shall work towards creating a new international (UN / ISO) election standard which shall ensure free and fair elections in every counrty around the globe. All elections shall be controlled (and not just monitored) by international election officials employed by the UN. This shall ensure that the election process is fair and not corrupted by local interests. In this way every new government shall be automatically recognized by UN and all its member states.

• We shall accept and enforce all UN resolutions.

• We will not harbor or support any organization aimed to forcefully overthrow a government in (or separate from) a foreign country.

• We shall work together with other countries and organizations in order to create international standards for democratic elections. We believe all such elections (incl. our own) shall be observed by international monitors under the administration of UN.

Below is an outline of our policies towards UN and some other countries:

UN

We recognize the UN as the only democratic forum able to solve many of the world’s problems and preserve peace. The UN will play a dominant role in our foreign relations, and we shall ensure strict compliance with its resolutions.

We also acknowledge the many shortcomings and limitations of the current organisation and will pledge our support for UN Reform.

The following areas are crucial for the survival of the UN:

• Removal of the power of veto – currently any Security Council member can block any decision, rendering the Council impotent

• Abolition of the “one member – one vote” rule. It is ridiculous that San Marino with its 25 000 people has 1 vote, the same as China with over 1 billion people. The same misrepresentation exists in budget payments – San Marino pays 0.01% of the budget and gets the same 1 vote as US paying 25%. Votes should reflect population and budget contributions from each nation

• Popular election of the General Assembly (GA) representatives

• Enabling GA to make binding international laws. The current resolutions or recommendations are often ignored and/or never put in practice. This disability is the main reason for the UN’s failure to resolve many of the past and current conflicts

• Decentralization of UN and relocation of its headquarters to a “neutral” country or territory. UN administration shall be decentralized and dispersed amongst its member nations. The UN headquarters shall be located on a neutral territory or at least in a neutral state.

US

Australia and US share a lot of values and history and as a result our foreign policy often reflects the US State Department. Due to our closely linked cultures American hegemony is reasonably well accepted and seldom questioned. Australia is an important sphere of American business interest, as well America is one of our favourite trade partners. America’s democratic traditions were the guiding beacon for our young country, and giants like Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt etc. can be vivid examples for our statesmen.

Many Americans sacrificed their lives for our country during WWII and we can only be grateful for this. In return, we often fought side by side with the US in their countless military campaigns, right or wrong.

We believe our great friendship will only benefit if we also share some of our concerns about many issues often ignored by our past and current governments:

• America’s self-imposed role as a “global policeman” is a major threat to democracy and global security, undermining the essential values of the American way of life. The current American administration often ignores world and UN opinion by using force, intervention, war and the threat of war as primary methods of “diplomacy”

• The Missile Defence Shield and many other similar plans are nothing more than another step in the arms race, aimed at global dominance, not defence. It is ridiculous to believe it is only intended to protect US from “rogue states” such as North Korea or Iran, barely capable of supplying their army with anything more than bread or rice. The real targets are countries like China, Russia and anyone else who is misfortunate enough to be black-listed by the mighty Pentagon

• Ever since WW2 America has been world’s biggest weapons producer. One of every two weapons on the earth is made in US. Securing markets for such deadly products is a dirty business, costing millions of lives and never-ending armed conflicts

• The countless US bases around the world are just another proof that US is aimed at global military dominance, not necessarily protecting the freedom of host nations, as often claimed

• Just like our past coalition government the current US administration has little interest in solving many global  problems such as warming and pollution.

• Current US administration erodes UN reputation by it’s ignorance and abuse of power

• Domestic arms proliferation (the right of citizens to bear arms is still guaranteed by the constitution) in all levels of the American society is a huge problem resulting in thousands of deaths each year (Americans are again the best in the world).

NZ

We embrace the idea of reuniting New Zealand and Australia (NZ was part of NSW until 1841) and believe such union will be beneficial for both countries. Our two small nations share much of its ideals, history, language and culture. Together we shall have better chances of being equal partners with much larger countries and secure our own share and place in the global economy. This will also support our fragile national currencies and improve their resistance to speculation pressures from overseas. The proposed union will also be open to other Pacific (within both meanings of the word) and Asian countries to join (as well as exit), expand or integrate into larger entities that will later form the future world federation. The union will not present any political or military challenge to our region or the rest of the world since it will be based on pacifist and world-federalist’s principles and won’t have any armed forces. 

Indonesia

Indonesia is our most populous neighbour and our relations were never as close as they shall be. Despite it’s old culture Indonesia is a relatively young independent state and as such it did not always fit our colonial or imperial perceptions. We frequently criticized without understanding that independence and democracy are often turbulent and may not bear fruits overnight. In doing so we lost many golden opportunities to broaden our trade links and improve cultural exchange. We have been criticized too, and the criticism was not always unfounded. Our involvement in Vietnam, Malaya and many other conflicts around Asia may continue to shadow our reputation and relations for years to come. If we want to strengthen our positions and integrate with Asia we have to improve our relations and attitude, and we see no obstacles for achieving it soon. 

Europe

For the vast majority of us this is the continent where many of our ancestors were born. This is not the only reason why we feel excited about the recent expansion and many new, positive developments of the EU. Europe is a great example of how bitter old rivals can bury the hatchets and overcome their problems by using democratic and peaceful means.