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It contrasts statements and actions from Russia, China, and the US with the public’s demand for human rights, rule of law, climate action, cybersecurity, and humanitarian funding. Survey evidence shows rising support for international cooperation, especially when community ties cross social divides and sacrifice of narrow national interest is framed as necessary for peace and stability.","Threeyears toacton AlFayed.How long for his enablers?Marina Hyde,page3DailypulloutHere's how I'd silencethe publictransport loudcasters'Dan Hancox,page4life&artssectionSir Billy Boston,powerfulrugby league winger for Wigan Obituaries,page6Inside  \nThe Guardian Wednesday26August2026  \nPeace,rights,solidarity:that’swhat the world'scitizens wantGordonBrown  \nJournal  \nritain's new prime minister,AndyBurnham,is already having to makeone of hisgravest decisions.He hastoissue theinstructions that he alonegives to the military,setting out theUKresponse ina doomsday scenarioof anuclear weapons attackonus.He will,as Idid two decades ago,sign  \napiece of paper telling commanders whether or not toretaliate and,ifso,whether through targeting civilianconurbations ormilitary sites.These instructions arewritten downin the aptly named \"letter oflast resort\".  \nNow,more thanat any time since the 1960s Cubanmissile crisis,the European public fears athird worldwar.With the nuclear Doomsday Clockdeveloped byatomicscientists movingevercloser to midnight,andJapan,South Korea,SaudiArabia,the UAE,Egypt,Poland and Germany contemplating either acquiringnuclear weapons or siting themon their soil,our worldis descending fromarules-based order toapower-basedone,where brute force dominates.  \nRussian president Vladimir Putin hasabandonedanypretence of supporting internationallaw-\"no one isready to play by rules set by one personsomewhere faraway,\"he hassaid-while China's president,Xi Jinping,  \nhas warned thatreunificationwith Taiwan“cannotbe stoppedby any force oranyone”.And with DonaldTrump's recent threat of genocide against the Iranianpeople-“awhole civilisation will die tonight,never tobe brought backagain\"-and his further threat toevenbomban ally,Oman,the USpresident has demonstratedyetagain his contemptforevery single pillar of theprevious US-led order:human rights,multilateralcooperation,humanitarianaid and the rule oflawitself.  \nBut what should give us ameasure ofhope,asrevealedina survey coveringmore than 36,000peoplein34countries,conducted formy newbook,is thatpeople'srising fears of conflict are now matchedbyaclear demand that the worldcome together to counterthis collapse into chaos.We asked amostdemandingquestion:whetherpeoplewould support\"internationalCooperation”,even ifit meant some compromise oftheir “country's national interest”.The 55%who saidyes,withonly 20%saying no,were clearly signallingtheir rejection ofthe “America first”,“Russia first”,\"China first”,\"my countryfirst\"dogmas that view lifeasnomore thananendlessstruggle betweenan“us”  \nand a “them”.Clear majoritiesineverycontinent oppose those populist nationalistleaders,who see geopolitics as a zero-sum  \nLUSTRATION:ALEX MELLON/  \nGETTY IMAGES  \n*  \nGordon Brown  \nis theUN's  \nspecialenvoyfor  \nglobaleducation  \nand was UK  \nprimeminiser  \nto 2010  \nOn Thursday 10  \nSeptember,join  \nHugh Muir and  \nGordon Brown  \nas they discuss  \nBrown's new  \nbook,The Future  \nStarts With Us.  \nBook ticketsat  \ntheguardian.com  \nTheGuardian Wednesday 26August 2026  \n\n| 2  \u003Cbr>Peace,rights,solidarity:that's  \u003Cbr>what the world's citizens want  \u003Cbr>Gordon Brown  \u003Cbr>←Continuedfromfront   | The  \u003Cbr>Guardian  \u003Cbr>Founded1821Independentlyownedbythe Scott Trust N⁹55,995  \u003Cbr>Comment isfree...butfactsaresacred'CPScott   |\n| --- | --- |\n| gameinwhich their country can only do  \u003Cbr>wellifother countries do badly.  \u003Cbr>Indeed,more than 70%ofthe global  \u003Cbr>public want their governments touphold human rights  \u003Cbr>and the rule oflaw,take action on the climate crisis,  \u003Cbr>ATandcyber security and fund humanitarian aid.  \u003Cbr>Follow-up research shows that aneven larger group  \u003Cbr>-80%-believes there should beaglobalsystem to  \u003Cbr>ensure the existence ofpolicies that not onlyengender  \u003Cbr>peaceandstability,but also require action against  \u003Cbr>poverty,disease,hunger and illiteracy.  \u003Cbr>Most important of all,we now know how support for  \u003Cbr>cooperation can be increased.In every country,it is the  \u003Cbr>very peopl","cbCaiokzLgTb9fwO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiokzLgTb9fwO","pdf",4901405,1,8,"English","en",105,"# Peace, rights, solidarity: that’s what the world’s citizens want\n## Public fear of nuclear conflict and shifting global order\n## Citizens’ demand for cooperation despite national-interest trade-offs\n## Who can unify a multipolar world through leadership","[{\"question\":\"Why does the article say European citizens fear a third world war?\",\"answer\":\"It links the fear to escalating nuclear Doomsday Clock concerns and multiple countries weighing nuclear acquisition or basing decisions.\"},{\"question\":\"What survey 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