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**capeAngedlelp** · 10-30-2006, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Elok
Hey, why d'you have a Christmas avatar already? Or did you just never change it from last year? Never changed it. I'm a lazy bastard

On-topic, what constitutes a "realist" approach? Come to think of it, has anyone ever come up with a meaningful definition of "neoconservative?" The article was mainly about foreign policy, so understood neocons mainly as those which favor active "democracy-export", even by military means. I'm sure you can find other points when looking for a more specific definition, but the article was not going that far.

Foreign policy wise realism wouldn't care that much about idealistic stuff like democratization (although neocons would argue that being in the US national interests), but more about what works best for keeping/improving the position of the US within the international system, if it promotes worldwide democracy or not is then secondary.

10-30-2006, 06:58 PM	#3
capeAngedlelp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 538 Senior Member	Originally posted by Elok Hey, why d'you have a Christmas avatar already? Or did you just never change it from last year? Never changed it. I'm a lazy bastard On-topic, what constitutes a "realist" approach? Come to think of it, has anyone ever come up with a meaningful definition of "neoconservative?" The article was mainly about foreign policy, so understood neocons mainly as those which favor active "democracy-export", even by military means. I'm sure you can find other points when looking for a more specific definition, but the article was not going that far. Foreign policy wise realism wouldn't care that much about idealistic stuff like democratization (although neocons would argue that being in the US national interests), but more about what works best for keeping/improving the position of the US within the international system, if it promotes worldwide democracy or not is then secondary.
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