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Liberal internationalism

Two Kinds of Internationalism

Marc F. Plattner | Mar 01, 2005
What Europeans condemn as unilateralism is in fact traditional postwar internationalism. As Lockeans, Americans prefer it to transnationalism because it's democratic.

Imperial Liberalism

Robert Cooper | Mar 01, 2005
Covenants without the sword are but words. You can do anything with bayonets but sit upon them. And both truths must be heeded.

Liberal Realism: The Foundations of a Democratic Foreign Policy

G. John Ikenberry
Charles A. Kupchan
| Sep 01, 2004
The quickest way to end unipolarity is to pursue unilateralism. An America that obeys international rules will strengthen its foundation of power and preserve its advantage.

In Defense of Democratic Realism

Charles Krauthammer | Sep 01, 2004
What distinguishes "democratic globalism" --the target of Francis Fukuyama's attack-- from the author's own "democratic realism"?  The second chooses its battles more carefully.

Less is More: Minimal Realism in East Asia

Christopher Layne | Mar 01, 1996
Historically, in both practical and theoretical debates about American foreign policy, the great divide has been between proponents of liberal internationalism--sometimes called Wilsonianism--and realism.
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Commentary

Report and Retort: Carothers Responds to Smith

Thomas Carothers | Aug 06, 2007
Carothers responds to Smith's claim that he underestimated the role of democracy promotion in Bush Foreign Policy.

Blogs

APSA Annual Meeting Highlights, September 2, 2010

Justin Logan | Sep 03, 2010

Books & Reviews

Woodrow Wilson's War

Michael C. Desch | Jan 21, 2009
George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was more consistent with the American tradition than many of his critics claimed, and some of his erstwhile supporters wished. The Wilsonians try to distance themselves from Bush, but they wind  up demonstr

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