http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051025/NEWS0102/510250338/-1/CINCIOXFORD - ...But world politics lagged behind rapid world changes. Globalization evolved blindly and without governance. The gap between the have and have-nots grew wider, and some of those who felt left out of the process struck out against it.
What remained was a lot of instability, said the former Soviet president, which led to bigger problems: "The roots of terrorism (are) in this marginalization of the Islamic world, in the humiliation of the people in that world."...
During his 40-minute speech, Gorbachev recounted the history of his political career and suggested that the world needed to return to the more open and globally cooperative climate of the 1980s, around the time he introduced his perestroika (restructuring) program to the Soviet Union. He was critical of the United States for "disregarding the United Nations and the U.N. Security Council" and entering into the war with Iraq....
Gorbachev also noted that "a lot that happens in the world today hinges on the vision of the United States," and that the country should not try to dominate the world. Which all comes back to the globalization theory, and cooperation...
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