The International Relations Center has launched a new video as part of its Global Good Neighbor Initiative. From the description on the web site: "Mutual respect should guide U.S. foreign policy. Our government once approached the world with this spirit of international cooperation. In the 1930s and 1940s, FDR’s Good Neighbor policy provided the collective determination to defeat fascism and the vision to create international institutions like the United Nations. We can do it again."
"A foreign policy shaped by common values and informed by common heritage would restore our country’s reputation as a responsible global leader and partner. The concept of a Global Good Neighbor foreign policy is simple: Good neighbor values and practices make the global neighborhood a safer, healthier, friendlier place."
This is a very clever way to frame a criticism of the current approach, in my opinion. Wooly-headed treatises on the importance of peace and justice ring hollow with the so-called "reality-based" crowd, but everyone can understand the importance of being a good neighbor.