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Quotes from Neo-statecraft and Meta-geopolitics — Nayef Al-Rodhan

born 1959 Saudi Arabia

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A state’s foreign policy should not just be smart, it should also be just.

Neo-statecraft and Meta-geopolitics (2009)

If states do not act according to principles of justice, the injustices they perpetrate will harm not just other states but ultimately also their own national interest.

Neo-statecraft and Meta-geopolitics (2009)

By promoting justice and thus the interests of the international community as a whole, a state will be able to make its influence over others sustainable and achieve its own national interest.

Neo-statecraft and Meta-geopolitics (2009)

Our new concept of just power argues that the promotion of justice should be the aim of modern statecraft, not for altruistic reasons, but because it is the only sustainable way that states can promote progress and stability in a globalised world.

Neo-statecraft and Meta-geopolitics (2009)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nayef Al-Rodhan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.