The Question: The U.S. starts to choose a president this week. If you could send the candidates one message, what would it be?

My advice to the next U.S. president is simple. Run your foreign policy like you run your domestic policy.

You may be the legal president of the United States, but de facto you are also the global leader. Treat the world with the same equality that America attempts to provide to its citizens. Act as the world leader that you are by showing understanding and respect for people of all colors, backgrounds and religions.

Show respect to the UN. Reform it if needed, but then give it the necessary place to resolve international crisis.

End U.S. military interventions around the world. Create a mechanism in which peoples and governments are rewarded for their adherence to universally accepted human rights standards.

Finally, whatever you do, apply the formula of saying what you mean and meaning what you say.