Berger went on to describe the way that the Clinton administration used the power of globalization--in the form of the World Trade Organization, NATO and the North American Free Trade Agreement--in its dealings with China, Croatia and Mexico, respectively.

"Globalization provided the pull, but we provided the push," Berger said.

World poverty is another issue in which the Clinton administration made headway through globalization, by relieving the debts and lowering import barriers for developing nations, as well as making more abstract commitments towards universal education and removing the digital divide, he said.

"Globalization did not create the gap between rich and poor. But there is a gap in globalization," he said. "Globalization has raised the moral cost of indifference. We can still choose not to act. But we can no longer choose not to know."

Furthermore, Berger said that future inaction could be dangerous.

"The threats to America will only grow more dangerous if neglected," he said. "It is more important than ever that America remains a peacemaker."

When discussing the Clinton administration's actions in Kosovo--which critics have often claimed could have come far earlier--Berger characteristically portrayed the Clinton administration's actions as making a chance for peace.