In the spirit of nonviolence, Green politics opposes the War on Terrorism and the curtailment of civil rights, focusing instead on nurturing deliberative democracy in war-torn regions and the construction of a civil society with an increased role for women.
V preteklosti so Zelene stranke zrasle na lokalni ravni, postopoma postajale vplivnejše in se širile v regionalno ali deželno politiko, ki nato vstopa v nacionalno areno, vendar samo z dovolj močno lokalno podporo.