Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Obama Doctrine

Etzioni on BHO's foreign policy vs the previous administration's. This piece is a good summary.

Obama has laid out a strong new normative foundation for his foreign policy. He seeks to promote peace and security but leave democratization and liberalization to the people who find their regimes oppressive. This is in direct contrast to the Bush Neocon thesis that forced regime change is essential because only democracies are reliable partners in peace. More...

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