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Conservative foreign policies can include either realism or idealism. Idealism appears in the case of [[George W. Bush]] bringing democracy to the Middle East, or [[Barry Goldwater]], calling for a crusade to destroy Communism. Realism appears among opponents of needless "foreign adventures," such as [[Pat Buchanan]], or when [[Richard Nixon]] opened the door to China (1971), or [[Ronald Reagan]] came to terms with the Soviet Union in 1987.
Conservative foreign policies can include either realism or idealism. Idealism appears in the case of [[George W. Bush]] bringing democracy to the Middle East, or [[Barry Goldwater]], calling for a crusade to destroy Communism. Realism appears among opponents of needless "foreign adventures," such as [[Pat Buchanan]], or when [[Richard Nixon]] opened the door to China (1971), or [[Ronald Reagan]] came to terms with the Soviet Union in 1987.
==US History==
==American history==
American foreign policy was realist from 1776 to 1914, then shifted to idealistic or [[Wilsonian]] modes. For realists, security is based on the principle of a balance of economic and military power, and control of strategic assets (such as the Panama Canal). Realists say reliance on morality as the main determining factor in statecraft is impractical. According to the Wilsonians, on the other hand, the spread of democracy abroad as a foreign policy is key and morals are universally valid.
American foreign policy was realist from 1776 to 1914, then shifted to idealistic or [[Wilsonian]] modes. For realists, security is based on the principle of a balance of economic and military power, and control of strategic assets (such as the Panama Canal). Realists say reliance on morality as the main determining factor in statecraft is impractical. According to the Wilsonians, on the other hand, the spread of democracy abroad as a foreign policy is key and morals are universally valid.
* [[Henry Kissinger]], diplomat and writer
* [[Henry Kissinger]], diplomat and writer
* [[Walter Lippmann]], commentator
* [[Walter Lippmann]], commentator
* [[Arthus Schlesinger, Jr.]], historian
* [[Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.]], historian
* [[Hans Morgenthau]], poltical scientist
* [[Hans Morgenthau]], poltical scientist
* [[Cold War]]
* [[Cold War]]