Some might disagree, but I think the most sensible interpretation of what John Kerry means by a “global test” is a universal standard. In other words, before any political leader commits troops to an action, he has a responsibility to ensure that the action is just, and that he has exhausted non-violent alternatives.
Stephen Green seems to be on to the same idea in his liveblogging coverage of the VP debates, but he tries to turn “global” into “American”:
7:19. The “global test” means not lying and being credible. Isn’t that an AMERICAN test? So, we still don’t know what a global test is.
I think global refers to the moral status of the test, not its geographic boundaries.
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