A Pivot to the People
While many foreign-policy pundits have focused on the US “pivot to Asia,” it has also executed a less-publicized, but no less important, pivot to the people. These initiatives do not get headlines, but they will gradually transform much of American foreign policy.
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PRINCETON – On February 1, the United Nations Security Council met to consider the Arab League’s proposal to end the violence in Syria. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton represented the United States. Midway through her remarks, she began speaking not to the Syrian ambassador, who was in the room, or even the Syrian government, but directly to the Syrian people. She said that change in Syria would require Syrians of every faith and ethnicity to work together, protecting and respecting the rights of minorities.