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Parent topics
- Francis Fukuyama [r]: Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, author and government adviser on global development and foreign policy; in and out of neoconservatism; adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute; director, National Endowment for Democracy, New America Foundation [e]
- Grand strategy [r]: The application of all national means of affecting the actions of other nations and non-national actors; specifically includes but is not restricted to military means [e]
- Political philosophy [r]: Branch of philosophy that deals with fundamental questions about politics. [e]
- Neoconservatism [r]: A political philosophy and ideology which combines many traditional conservative opinions with an emphasis on the importance of foreign policy and using American power to push democracy forward. [e]
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Events and doctrines
- George W. Bush Administration [r]: The policies and acts during the presidency of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States of America [e]
- National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002) [r]: The key public document on national security strategy, issued by the George W. Bush Administration between the 9-11 Attack and the Iraq War [e]
- Preemptive attack [r]: A military attack intended to neutralize an attack imminently being prepared by one's opponent, and justified as self-defense [e]
- Preventive war [r]: A doctrine in which an actor uses military force on an opponent who is not believed to be preparing an attack on the actor using prevention, but whose activities, such as taking control of territory or building weapons of mass destruction pose a long-term threat to the critical interests of the actor. The attack may signal the start of a war, or be a strategic move within an existing war. [e]
- Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Beginning on October 7, 2001, in response to the 9-11 attacks, military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda by United States and NATO forces [e]
- Iraq War [r]: Invasion of Iraq by a coalition of countries, led by the United States, in 2003, and subsequent occupation [e]
- National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002) [r]: The key public document on national security strategy, issued by the George W. Bush Administration between the 9-11 Attack and the Iraq War [e]
General concepts
- Democracy promotion [r]: Policies, assistance, external organizations and even military action that contribute to the formation of democratic societies in previously authoritarian states; the means for funding such action [e]
- Failed state [r]: A nation or quasi-nation unable to deliver minimal governance services to its citizens; there may not even be a functioning government [e]
- Globalization [r]: The interaction of peoples, cultures, and businesses worldwide, which tend to overcome traditional national and cultural boundaries [e]
- Liberal internationalism [r]: A political philosophy that sees the greatest world benefits coming from an active movement to an international order, not necessarily world government [e]
- Jacksonian nationalism [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Memorandum of Understanding [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Peace operations [r]: Operations other than all-out war, conducted by neutral parties, to ensure the continuance of a peace, or, in the face of resistance, to enforce it. [e]
- Realism (foreign policy) [r]: A concept, in foreign policy, that actors can cooperate on matters of common external concern, without attempting to reform one anothers' internal structures [e]
- Weak state [r]: A nation whose government or institutions are unable, or unwilling, to provide a significant set of essential public services, including just and legitimate government, physical security, food and health, and minimal economic development; contrast with failed state, which provides essentially none [e]
Institutions
- Agency for International Development [r]: U.S. government agency responsible for nonmilitary foreign aid of goods, services, and certain finances, although it does not operate at the highest levels of international finance. May operate assistance and development programs in foreign countries [e]
- International Monetary Fund [r]: International organization that oversees the global financial system by stabilizing international exchange rates and facilitating development, and offering highly leveraged loans mainly to poorer countries. [e]
- International Organization for Standardization [r]: A non-governmental international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. [e]
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers [r]: A.k.a. ICANN, the top-level international organization that directing the Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Protocol addresses, and other technical identifiers that must be unique for the proper operation of the Internet [e]
- Kosovo Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Millennium Challenge Act [r]: Add brief definition or description
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United Nations [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Institute of Peace [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World Bank [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World Trade Organization [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Andrew Bacevich [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Otto von Bismarck [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Kagan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zalmay Khalizad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Henry Kissinger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charles Krauthammer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Irving Kristol [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mackubin Owens [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Richard Perle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ronald Reagan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anne-Marie Slaughter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Leo Strauss [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Margaret Thatcher [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Albert Wohlstetter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rebecca Wohlstetter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paul Wolfowitz [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fareed Zakaria [r]: Add brief definition or description