A New Foreign Policy: Assertions and Guidelines

A New Foreign Policy

Part I.

The Assertions

1. The secure and enduring liberty of a stable democratic system is an appropriate (but not required) goal for all nations, and is one which the United States has not yet fully achieved.

2. Every step toward the maintenance of a stable and secure democracy at home is effectively a step that will encourages the gradual implementation of the same abroad.

3. The realization of democratic values abroad will (on the whole) help to secure them at home and therefore should be encouraged, but not enforced.

4. Capitalism can serve to promote both democratic institutions at home and abroad, but does not necessarily protect either.

5. War endangers both.

Part II.

The Principles

· Priorities Are Necessary For Efficiency

· Pragmatism Is Necessary For Efficacy

· Consensus Is A Dangerous Animal