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Tag: Foreign policy

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Bluster and saber-rattling: effective tools of foreign policy?

January 15, 2017 Adam Levin Foreign Policy, History, Trump Leave a comment

Mark Moyar wrote a fascinating editorial in The New York Times the other day. In “The World Fears Trump’s America. That’s a Good Thing,”

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America needs a new vision of foreign policy

May 20, 2016 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton One comment

The 2016 election cycle continues on its baffling way, but foreign policy issues have largely been neglected, with a few exceptions like ISIS. Each

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Will Romney and Ryan take America to war?

August 17, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Foreign Policy, Politics Leave a comment

Since Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have so little experience with foreign affairs, it’s difficult to predict the direction of their foreign policy should

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Deciphering the double-speak of U.S. foreign policy

June 28, 2011 Madonna Gauding Government, Politics, War One comment

One of the most crazy-making aspects of political news is having to listen to government double-speak, especially when it involves foreign policy. When the

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