The world’s major powers should organize themselves into a new
concert—along lines of the 1815 Concert of Europe—to take united
action against WMD proliferation, terrorism, and threats to the
global commons. The U.S. should lead in creating and sustaining this
new concert.
• The U.S. should reorient its national security policies and programs
toward counterterror and countering WMD spread, while downgrading
efforts to prepare for war against other major powers.
• Programs to protect the environment and global public health
should be given higher priority in U.S. foreign policy making.