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Examines the state of neoconservative foreign policy, suggesting that it is maturing. Its staying power is attributed in part to the elections in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some attention is given to democratic globalism, a more expansive neoconservative foreign policy of which Bush is the chief spokesman. It is argued that alignment with dictatorships fits with Bush's project for the simple reason that democracy cannot be spread everywhere overnight, and a proposed route for this democratic progress post Iraq and Afghanistan is traced through Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. What is seen is that democratic globalism has been relegated to the position of aspiration, while the Bush administration pursues a lighter-handed democratic realism, the other side of neoconservative foreign policy. This suggests the possibility that these two facets might conflate because globalism is seen as unsustainable. Neoconservative foreign policy is now free of its ideological history and origins in liberalism or leftism as it is currently in the hands of former realists.

Fukuyama, Francis: The neoconservative moment. - In: The National Interest (Washington/D.C.), (Summer 2004) 76. - S. 57-68

Foreign policy has been neglected in US political campaigns, a remarkable situation given US dominance of the world. Ignoring foreign policy, in presidential campaigns & in politics in general, could make the world a dangerous place for the country. To keep the US safe in the world, presidential candidates must bring foreign policy to the fore. Adapted from the source document.