I don't think that that is how the word "globalization" is being used. It is undeniable that there is an inexorable trend toward global interdependence, global awareness, and global interpenetration of ideas. In fact Free Republic looms large in that. That is very different from saying that the UN should run our military, which is something Kerry has said, but I don't think that is Barnett's position.
I got a faint whiff of an attitude that America should run the UN, or simply announce what was going to happen, and let the UN me-too in order to survive as an institution.
Clearly he favors the CORE nations, (the INS), promoting interactivity all over the world, while the GAP nations, the OUTS), either learn to play ball, or we will eventually send in some rehabilitation trainers.
As to his personal politics, the show was recorded on June 2, which was before the crummy no-bounce Democrat Convention, before the national out-pouring of good feelings for Ronald Reagan, and before the impressive and stately Republican Convention.
He may well be an academic who is leaning heavily on his co-analysts at the War College for his brilliance.
Still, I plan to follow this "thread."