Can the Next U.S. President Really Deliver on a Promise of Foreign Policy Restraint?
In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Freddy Deknatel talk about the emerging U.S. foreign policy consensus in favor of a strategy of restraint. But how closely does the political embrace of restraint resemble the strategic vision promoted by its policy-minded advocates?
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What Would ‘Restraint’ Really Mean for U.S. Foreign Policy?
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The Case for Restraint: Drawing the Curtain on the American Empire
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