In matters of global affairs today, there is one question that is never directly asked. But it is on everybody's mind, if not on the tip of the tongue. People don't ask it simply because they don't have an answer. The question defies a solution in current times. So it is best to bury it, knowing fully well there is no progress without resolving it. The question, if you have not guessed by now, is just how the world will deal with the waywardness of the us? How will the world's most powerful nation - both economically and militarily - be made a more responsible member of the community of nations?

Why do I say this? The us government's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol