Global Domestic Politics

John has been running the Simultaneous Policy initiative since 2000. His basic principle is that many global issues are impossible to resolve while countries have the option of gaining from opting out of agreements, especially given what he calls destructive competition. This is evident in the global financial markets, where countries, for instance in the Eurozone, are subject to movements of ratings agencies and have to adapt their policies accordingly. John points out that large-scale problems have always been resolved by governance, and that we need a binding world centric system that is neither bureaucratic nor authoritarian and top down. It will also be necessary to articulate a future cooperative context for such simultaneous action and find ways of accommodating non-democratic nations in the process. A key component is subsidiarity as a means of preserving national sovereignty within a global governance regime. John is playing a long game here, gradually building up political support and developing policies. He also incorporates spiral dynamics in his social analysis and is in the vanguard of new political thinking.