The Foreign Service Journal, December 2008

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 15 he United States government is still living in the “post–Cold War” era at a time when our nation should be giving greater emphasis to international engagement and cooperation with other nations in seeking solu- tions to global and regional problems. An embrace of the United Nations system will not be an easy sell to Congress. Yet a commitment to closer working relationships with the U.N. and other international organizations would be one way for the new U.S. president to signal a new era and become a more effective partner in seeking solutions to global problems. F O C U S O N I D E A S F O R T H E N E W A DM I N I S T R AT I O N B EYOND THE C OLD W AR : A N EW M ULTILATERAL A GENDA M OST OF THE CORE FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES THE U NITED S TATES MUST ADDRESS ARE NOW UNDER A U NITED N ATIONS UMBRELLA . B Y W ILLIAM H. L UERS T Phil Foster