Bush v. Obama Administrations' Foreign Policy Doctrines Publications Family Security Matters

Bush v. Obama Administrations' Foreign Policy Doctrines Publications Family Security Matters: "The George W. Bush foreign policy doctrine was predicated on three principles outlined in a host of speeches from 2002 to 2008. These included: challenging radical Islamist havens abroad (what Vice President Cheney called “draining the swamp”); building democratic institutions as a moderating influence in tyrannical states that harbor radical Islamic factions and preemption (attacking those intent on doing harm to us before that harm is inflicted).

Whether one agrees with these principles or not, they were the guiding light for the president’s foreign policy. What is most notable, however, is the dramatic shift from the Bush to the Obama Doctrine. If Bush placed an unyielding faith in democracy as a source of conversion, Obama relies instead on transnational associations, what some have described as the end of national sovereignty."

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