Interesting ideas and theory, but he has one blindside. And that is ideology.
If a country has a hostile ideology, then the ideology will generally overrule that country's otherwise rational desire to grow and expand in all areas.
For instance, Marxism demanded world subversion and conflict. The Islamic faith, shared by multiple countries, demands subversion and conflict.
Appealing to common sense ideas of global trade and mutual cooperation leading towards prosperity won't work.
The weakness of reasonable, rational people is that they mistakenly assume everyone else is reasonable and rational.
Nutcases will be nutcases. Fanatics will be fanatics. Look at N.Korea...think that dictator cares at all for the welfare of his people?
NGO's try to feed the hungry but real reform in some countries has to come from a clean sweep of the govt.
“The Islamic faith, shared by multiple countries, demands subversion and conflict.”
Does it?
I would point you to the demonstrations in Iran last summer. With the demonstrators shouting out allahu akbar while protesting the stealing of the election.