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Pragmatic idealism.(Scan: Short news and commentary)(Brief article)
From remarks by journalist Robert Kaplan at the American Enterprise Institute:
I think the moral purpose of our current foreign policy should be to extend the boundaries of civil society, wherever and however it can, on a moderate basis, given our limitations, etc. But we shouldn't become too legalistic about what constitutes civil society. For instance, it doesn't necessarily mean free elections overnight in China. It doesn't mean saying to King Abdullah of Jordan that unless he becomes a constitutional monarch--stripped of all power--within six months, then the U.S. is going to stop its friendship with him.... We have a lot of these murky, in-between situations, so we can't become too legalistic....
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Source: HighBeam Research, Pragmatic idealism.(Scan: Short news and commentary)(Brief article)