The Foreign Policy Establishment Licks Its Chops for Harris

Every Democratic president, since Truman, has ended up captured by the institutions meant to oversee, except for the one murdered in office in 1963.

Achesonianism sees the efficacy of American military power and endorses unilateral actions against international law for security, often fearing a perception of weakness.

Obama embodied reluctant realism, challenging AIPAC and democratic party donors while attempting to normalize relations with adversaries, contrasting with traditional Achesonianism.

Progressive internationalism tends to overlook essential national contexts, history, and culture, instead framing foreign governments primarily through an authoritarian lens.

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