Power and Democratic Weakness

@article{Caverley2010PowerAD,
  title={Power and Democratic Weakness},
  author={Jonathan D. Caverley},
  journal={Millennium - Journal of International Studies},
  year={2010},
  volume={38},
  pages={593 - 614}
}
  • Jonathan D. Caverley
  • Published 1 May 2010
  • Political Science
  • Millennium - Journal of International Studies
While realists and neoconservatives generally disagreed on the Iraq invasion of 2003, nothing inherent in either approach to foreign policy accounts for this. Neoconservatism’s enthusiasm for democratisation would appear to distinguish the two but its rejection of all other liberal mechanisms in world politics suggests that the logic linking democracy and American security shares little with liberalism. Inspecting the range of neoconservative thought reveals a unifying theme: the enervating… 
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