Who’s the Real Foreign-Policy Realist?

by | Mar 22, 2024

Who’s the Real Foreign-Policy Realist?

by | Mar 22, 2024

The establishment debate over foreign policy isn’t between realists and whatever their opponents call themselves. It’s a debate over who’s more realistic. It reminds me of the debate between the Federalists and Antifederalists. No one wanted to be considered against federalism, but the centralizers had beaten the real federalists to the label Federalist.

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

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