In The Media
Michele Dunne, Robert Kagan
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In The Media
What If Washington is NOT Broken?
On the largest and most potentially controversial issues of foreign policy, Democrats and Republicans are more aligned than ever in recent memory.
By Robert Kagan
Published on Mar 5, 2010
Source: CBS News
Despite partisan debate over domestic issues, Democrats and Republicans are more aligned on the big issues of foreign policy than ever in recent memory. Wars are expensive and potentially controversial, Kagan says, but the administration and the Republicans are on the same page on Iraq and Afghanistan. Even on the subject of how to prevent a nuclear Iran, initially a contentious issue, the administration is moving away from engagement and toward sanctions.
About the Author
Robert Kagan
Former Senior Associate
Kagan, author of the recent book, The Return of History and the End of Dreams (Knopf 2008), writes a monthly column on world affairs for the Washington Post and is a contributing editor at both the Weekly Standard and the New Republic.
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