Via @lrozen, a tweet that speaks to a profound truth:https://twitter.com/GerardAraud/status/576894505162526720 …
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4. The point being: "regime change" as foreign policy goal has limits: Different regimes can still have same basic foreign policy agenda.
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5. Even a genuinely democratic & pluralist Iranian regime would be loath to completely give up nuclear program.
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@HeerJeet USSR story a little more complicated - a couple of years post-revolution with workers and peasants as diplomats. Also, Comintern. -
@henryfarrell That didn't last very long -- the pull of realpolitics strong even in revolutionary state. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet although it does revert to standard diplomatic practice after leaders figure out that their behavior disastrous.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet [all this from a dissertation by my student Davy Banks]Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet wait, really? Anti-catholic policies waxed and waned definitely throughout this period. -
@dariustahir Cromwell initially tried to have Protestant foreign policy but realpolitics forced him to go against Dutch.
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