Regime Change: U.S. Strategy through the Prism of 9/11
In: The review of politics, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 332-334
ISSN: 0034-6705
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In: The review of politics, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 332-334
ISSN: 0034-6705
In: International studies perspectives: ISP, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 321-341
ISSN: 1528-3585
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 4, Heft 2
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: International studies perspectives: a journal of the International Studies Association, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 321-341
ISSN: 1528-3577
World Affairs Online
In: International studies perspectives: a journal of the International Studies Association, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 321-341
ISSN: 1528-3577
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 439-440
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 439-440
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: National Security in the Information Age
In: Contemporary security policy, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 140-160
ISSN: 1743-8764
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 157-246
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Contemporary security policy, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 140-160
ISSN: 1352-3260, 0144-0381
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 239-240
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Contemporary security policy, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 140-160
ISSN: 1352-3260, 0144-0381
In: The review of politics, Band 61, Heft 1, S. 29-55
ISSN: 0034-6705
World Affairs Online
In: The review of politics, Band 61, Heft 1, S. 29-55
ISSN: 1748-6858
This article discusses possible interpretations of the concept of national interest, with a view to providing a conception more analytically useful than those that have dominated the literature. It argues against the two most prevalent approaches. The first, most obviously represented by political realism, relies on a single overarching assumption that both encompasses the national interest and provides a standard for assessing how successfully it is pursued. The second, identifies a finite set of national objectives which, by possessing a large measure of the formal attributes by which the national interest is defined, are considered its proper subsets. While both approaches have their virtues, each is flawed as a method for establishing correspondence between policy and interest. The approach proposed here relies on a different principle altogether—the nature of the political procedure via which judgments about the link between foreign policy and national interest are made. The article argues that our ability to judge whether a policy does serve the national interest is intimately connected to how democratic the decision behind the policy is.