article_snippet.sent: I've also returned again and again to this question of universality
article_snippet.sent: – how much we all have in common even if the circumstances of our lives may be different. '
article_snippet.sent: As you've seen throughout this book, one of the defining themes of my time as Secretary of State was our increasing global interdependence.
article_snippet.sent: Despite all the division and discord in the world, which sometimes can seem overwhelming, the basic fact of the 21st century is that we're more connected than ever. '
article_snippet.sent: If the United States continues to lead the world in the years ahead, as I believe it can and must, it will be because we have learned how to define the terms of our interdependence to promote more cooperation and shared prosperity and less conflict and inequality. '
article_snippet.sent: As we've seen since the first edition of this book was published in June 2014, the negative side of interdependence remains potent – whether the negative side of interdependence was the spread of virulent new strands of extremism in the Middle East or old-style nationalism in Europe or a deadly epidemic in Africa.
article_snippet.sent: the United States and the other great democracies have to redouble Our efforts to empower moderates and marginalize extremists everywhere, and to stand firmly and united in pursuit of a more just, free, and peaceful world. '