Preventive Wars: The Antithesis of Realpolitik

July 20, 2015 Topic: Politics Tags: WarRealpolitikDefense

Preventive Wars: The Antithesis of Realpolitik

"Like torture and genocide, preventive war is a foreign policy option which civilized countries deny to themselves, at some cost if necessary." 

 

Michael Lind is a contributing editor of The National Interest, a fellow with the ASU/New America Future of War program and author of The American Way of Strategy.