Tag: Foreign Policy

Once the vision is known, a plan is needed to achieve it. A foreign policy is a strategic plan to achieve a vision of how the world should be.

To achieve the vision the Bible describes for the world, and which I outlined in the previous post, the spread of Christianity is an absolute necessity.

The problems with the world are not primarily intellectual but ethical but both are necessary, along with obedience to King Jesus, to fulfill God’s vision for the planet.

The first question, and the one looming above all other when deciding how a nation should act in its relations with other nations, is, “Does the nation’s conduct promote or hinder the spread of Christianity?”

Sometimes that might mean supporting a fledgling democracy where pluralism provides Christianity an opportunity in the marketplace of ideas. At other times it might mean supporting a less democratic leader who protects a Christian minority from persecution by an anti-Christian majority.  Continue reading “Toward A Kingdom-Based Foreign Policy – 4”

Any successful foreign policy starts with a vision, a picture of how the world should be.

Without a vision, coherency and consistency in a nation’s conduct toward other nations is unlikely.

The difference between a Kingdom-based and secular foreign policy start with the motive and content of the vision.

In a typical secular foreign policy the purpose of the vision is typically judged on the extent to which it promotes the self-interest of that nation. An example is the Monroe Doctrine, which prevented European interference in the sovereign affairs of Latin American nations, preserving American hegemony in the region.

The post-war foreign policy of the former Soviet Union, which was designed to promote communist revolution around the world and establish client states and socialist allies, is another example. Continue reading “Toward A Kingdom-Based Foreign Policy – 2”