"The time has come for the nations of the world to embrace a new approach to world politics that treats the preservation of the biosphere as a core national interest and a central objective of national security policy. Call this new mindset ecological realism.”

Robert Koehler, a self-described "Peace Journalist" and author of Courage Grows Strong At the Wound, makes the case that it's time for ecological realism to replace the outdated "political realism" that currently dominates geopolitics.