| − | A '''neoconservative''' (also spelled "neo-conservative"; colloquially, ''neocon'') in American politics is an intellectual forms of conservatism which rejects statism and has adopted [[conservative]] positions on most economic and foreign policy issues. Many leaders had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. The movement emerged in the mid 1970s, played a major role in the [[Ronald reagan]] administration, and dominated the [[George W. Bush]] administration after 2001. Neoconservatives dominate the conservative voice in the media, as in television talk shows, magazines, think tanks, and advisory positions in Republican Administrations. Some prominent spokesmen are [[Bill Kristol]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Daniel Pipes]], [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Robert Kagan]], Christopher Hitchens, Willmoore Kendall, Stephen Schwartz, Elliott Abrams and Carl Gershman. | + | A '''neoconservative''' (also spelled "neo-conservative"; colloquially, ''neocon'') in American politics is an intellectual forms of conservatism which rejects statism and has adopted [[conservative]] positions on most economic and foreign policy issues. Many leaders had been liberals in their youth and admired President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. The movement emerged in the mid 1970s, played a major role in the [[Ronald reagan]] administration, and dominated the [[George W. Bush]] administration after 2001. Neoconservatives dominate the conservative voice in the media, as in television talk shows, magazines, think tanks, and advisory positions in Republican Administrations. Some prominent spokesmen are [[Bill Kristol]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Daniel Pipes]], [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Robert Kagan]], Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Schwartz, Elliott Abrams, Ben Wattenberg and Carl Gershman. |