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I think there are 2 archetypes of POTUS' foreign policy views that reach for varying self-conceptions of America. Managers of a realist State: (Eike, Nixon, Ford, Carter, GHWB, Clinton, Obama) vs Evangelists of a frontier Nation (JFK, Reagan, GWB, Trump) Where does Biden fit?
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Has anyone made any sense of the Biden doctrine? Human rights at the core. We no longer enforce human rights globally. China is a mortal threat. We need to work with China. European allies critical. We do not care about what Europe wants. And so on…
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There’s at least 4: realist vs idealist, advancing vs retreating Trump was idealist retreat (reactionary) but arrived at posture via personal transactional tendencies rather than conscious reflection. Most presidents after WW2 were idealist-advancing. Biden is realist retreat.
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