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Ten Foreign Policy Changes if Obama is Elected

Michael Walzer (online) - October 20, 2008

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ASSUME, FOR a moment, a Democratic victory since I can’t deal with anything else right now and the anxieties generated by the financial crisis and the unpopularity of the Iraq war actually make it likely. Obama enters the White House in 2009. How will American foreign policy change?

“Liberal internationalism” is the name that some of his advisors and various friendly intellectuals have chosen for the policies they hope he will adopt. But what does this mean? Here is a list of some of the things it might mean, though every item comes with a big question mark.  For the moment, I ... More

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