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The World Assembly Should be the Primary Forefront and Focus of TNP Foreign Affairs
The support of the World Assembly Legislative League, it was once said, meant that a resolution was guaranteed to pass. With thousands of WA votes at hand, the WALL as a block was a pretty much insurmountable obstacle to resolutions and authors it opposed.
This is no longer the case. The East Pacific has vastly increased their endorsement levels, so too have other regions and more cooperation between them combined with a more effective and rebellious rank and file in the World Assembly means that WALL no longer represents such an unsurpassed power block. It is still extremely powerful and WALL support of a resolution can often be the defining factor of whether it fails or succeeds. I posit that The North Pacific could, and should, do more.
There’s been a general lack of consequences based approaches to foreign affairs for a number of years now. Issues arising in Balder and The South Pacific are dismissed or not commented upon because they’re friends and allies. Leveraging TNP’s WA vote to aid or oppose their goals in the WA, or to condemn their leaders, is a definitive and strong way to show that actions do indeed have consequences. Using this against allies would be a drastic measure, but statements don’t seem to have any effect in moderating behaviour we should find worthy of comment, even if we don’t comment on it.
Leveraging our vote in a positive way can also be used to build new relationships and even more powerful voting blocks. The East Pacific is increasingly World Assembly focussed and between them and other key players, present an opportunity to build upon the foundations laid down by the likes of United Massachusetts and their work in our Discord and World Assembly forum.
Bringing other regions with higher concentrations of World Assembly authors into TNP alliances - either by bilateral treaties or entry into WALL - should be a key goal for any World Assembly focussed foreign policy. Good relations with regions such as Forest, Ridgefield and fellow GCRs such as Osiris and The Rejected Realms that are active in either chamber of the WA should be pursued and cooperation on World Assembly matters would be a key component of that.
The North Pacific Army also can be utilised to pursue our chosen WA outlook. The ’WA Blocker’ is a potentially very powerful tool with which World Assembly resolutions can be prevented from reaching quorum by removing delegates that have approved the resolution. The feasibility for the reverse - getting resolutions to quorum by taking regions and approving resolutions - has yet to be tested, but could also yield productive results.
The limits of a World Assembly focussed foreign policy can be mitigated by also spending adequate time cultivating ties with non-WA focussed regions, and seeking to smooth over any potential disputes by leveraging our WA vote in favour of the upset party. It will take careful managing and effort by the Delegate and his ministers of Foreign and World Assembly Affairs, but a World Assembly focussed foreign policy is entirely the kind of refreshing outlook that can help shake things up, both at home and abroad.
The support of the World Assembly Legislative League, it was once said, meant that a resolution was guaranteed to pass. With thousands of WA votes at hand, the WALL as a block was a pretty much insurmountable obstacle to resolutions and authors it opposed.
This is no longer the case. The East Pacific has vastly increased their endorsement levels, so too have other regions and more cooperation between them combined with a more effective and rebellious rank and file in the World Assembly means that WALL no longer represents such an unsurpassed power block. It is still extremely powerful and WALL support of a resolution can often be the defining factor of whether it fails or succeeds. I posit that The North Pacific could, and should, do more.
There’s been a general lack of consequences based approaches to foreign affairs for a number of years now. Issues arising in Balder and The South Pacific are dismissed or not commented upon because they’re friends and allies. Leveraging TNP’s WA vote to aid or oppose their goals in the WA, or to condemn their leaders, is a definitive and strong way to show that actions do indeed have consequences. Using this against allies would be a drastic measure, but statements don’t seem to have any effect in moderating behaviour we should find worthy of comment, even if we don’t comment on it.
Leveraging our vote in a positive way can also be used to build new relationships and even more powerful voting blocks. The East Pacific is increasingly World Assembly focussed and between them and other key players, present an opportunity to build upon the foundations laid down by the likes of United Massachusetts and their work in our Discord and World Assembly forum.
Bringing other regions with higher concentrations of World Assembly authors into TNP alliances - either by bilateral treaties or entry into WALL - should be a key goal for any World Assembly focussed foreign policy. Good relations with regions such as Forest, Ridgefield and fellow GCRs such as Osiris and The Rejected Realms that are active in either chamber of the WA should be pursued and cooperation on World Assembly matters would be a key component of that.
The North Pacific Army also can be utilised to pursue our chosen WA outlook. The ’WA Blocker’ is a potentially very powerful tool with which World Assembly resolutions can be prevented from reaching quorum by removing delegates that have approved the resolution. The feasibility for the reverse - getting resolutions to quorum by taking regions and approving resolutions - has yet to be tested, but could also yield productive results.
The limits of a World Assembly focussed foreign policy can be mitigated by also spending adequate time cultivating ties with non-WA focussed regions, and seeking to smooth over any potential disputes by leveraging our WA vote in favour of the upset party. It will take careful managing and effort by the Delegate and his ministers of Foreign and World Assembly Affairs, but a World Assembly focussed foreign policy is entirely the kind of refreshing outlook that can help shake things up, both at home and abroad.
