All peoples have the right of self-determination. - Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

Democracy and self-determination serve the overall goal of enabling human security and human rights.

Frequently, military expenditures are “secret” or concealed, thus frustrating the right of citizens to know how their taxes are being spent.

Modern-day economic sanctions and blockades are comparable with medieval sieges of towns.... Twenty-first century sanctions attempt to bring not just a town, but sovereign countries to their knees. The key to the solution of the crisis is dialogue and mediation… There is nothing more undemocratic than a coup d’état and nothing more corrosive to the rule of law and to international stability when foreign governments meddle in the internal affairs of other states...