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Tag Archives: Foreign Policy
The Politics of Foreign Policy: The Israeli Anchor-Part 5/6
Israel, as a State, is an absolute and it must remain so and, here again, for two primary reasons:
- The historical relevance (as a foundation for) is a fact.
- If there is ever to be a compelling opposition in favor of a balanced outcome, this State, where the Middle-East is concerned, offers the best of any possible options.
So long as the sectarian conflict remains the most viable option, as a fulcrum thru which normalization in the area is achieved, is not a Two State Solution. Instead, a Confederation of Mutual Governance, one that is completely dedicated to the preservation of the region, is the only hope for long-term stability. Presently the composition of disparate interest is the equivalent of a sectarian tail wagging the dog.
The Politics of Foreign Policy-Part 4/6
Without a deliberate, dedicated and enduring policy that deals directly with eliminating (a multi-generational process) the sectarian problem (and it is a massive problem) and that transcends political ideologies and passing impulses of bureaucratic ideologues, failure is an enduring guarantee. N. Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos are just a few examples.
Although President Obama is not the first president to find himself assuming an active combat scenario his failure-risk is so severe primarily due to his primitively placing the ignorance of ideology before evaluating, understanding and fully addressing asymmetrical risk. Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, owns this failure right along with the President.
The Politics of Foreign Policy-Part 3/6
Where the Middle-East is concerned and as the British, French, Italians, Germans and Russia (and others before them) learned, you’re either “in” to the death or you stay out. Here are two very specific reasons why:
- The genetics of the Middle-East is of Tribal/Sectarian origins and is completely immune to western ideology.
- They’ve centuries of dealing with the shifting sands of the desert; they’ve learned to survive by waiting out the wind(s).
The Politics of Foreign Policy-Part 2/6
Gone are the days, rare as they were, of astute diplomacy and current is the era where the bureaucracy of foreign policy is anything but a pure expression. Where affirming the sovereignty of the American people is the ideal rather then something instead akin to an adolescent love-fest were ideologues animate objectives on a napkin at Starbucks or thru brusk phonetics via text message.
The following are a select group of responses to questions/comments received after the original article was published. We believe you will find them of interest.
The Politics of Foreign Policy-Part 1/6
At the heart of the issue are two significant component realities of the U.S. State; on one hand you have the Executive Branch, the seat of political ideologues, and on the other side you have the permanent bureaucracy which includes the U.S. Department of State.
Tied, as the DOS is, to significant interests and architects of macro-policy it is the portal thru which economic/financial policy is a expressed and when these fail, the armature of military diplomacy; regardless of who sits in the Oval Office.
Curtis C. Greco, Founder