1. Interesting @jonathanchait column on Cruz vs. Rubio on foreign policy: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/cruz-rubio-gop-foreign-policy.html … A few provisos to follow.
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2. I think the tradition Chait is describing is better labelled as unilateralist rather than isolationist.
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3. So-called isolationists have never wanted USA to not be involved in world. In 1920s & 1930s many of them eager to expand USA into Asia.
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4. Rather the defining characteristic (as against both Wilsonianism & even mainstream GOP internationalism) is unilateral action
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5. If we see unilaterialism as tradition we can rope in other GOP figures (like Nixon getting off Bretton Woods or Reagan at Grenada)
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6. And if unilateralism is tradition, then Chait should've devoted paragraph to Trump, whose foreign policy is, inchoately, unilateralist.
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7. And Cruz's unilateralism makes sense as part of his larger branding strategy of being the Thinking Person's Donald Trump.
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8. As on immigration, on foreign policy Cruz's argument is he can deliver Trumpism without Trump's personal baggage.
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9. The unilaterialist wants belligerent assertions of national will unchecked by diplomacy & alliances. Not really "isolationist"
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@HeerJeet Exactly. This subtletly was also well-parsed in@mattyglesias' long-ago book on foreign policy.0 replies 1 retweet 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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