An economics, investment, trading and policy blog with a focus on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). We seek the truth, avoid the mainstream and are virulently anti-neoliberalism.
Pages
▼
Pages
▼
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Leslie H. Gelb — Countering the Neocon Comeback
Uh-oh.
Democracy — A Journal of Ideas Countering the Neocon Comeback
Leslie H. Gelb | President Emeritus and Board Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Like so many of the debates among the foreign policy philosophers, the supposed strategy disagreements in this piece seem to be mainly verbal, and a matter of rhetorical emphasis - sprinkled with some personal and professional rivalry. Kagan has now adopted much of the "liberal order" framework of Democrats like Ikenberry and Slaughter. And why shouldn't he? There are no fundamental ideological and strategic differences between the neoconservatives and the liberals - only pragmatic differences about when to be cautious and when to be assertive.
Like so many of the debates among the foreign policy philosophers, the supposed strategy disagreements in this piece seem to be mainly verbal, and a matter of rhetorical emphasis - sprinkled with some personal and professional rivalry. Kagan has now adopted much of the "liberal order" framework of Democrats like Ikenberry and Slaughter. And why shouldn't he? There are no fundamental ideological and strategic differences between the neoconservatives and the liberals - only pragmatic differences about when to be cautious and when to be assertive.
ReplyDelete