Word: idealist
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Ever since Woodrow Wilson draped foreign policy with a mantle of idealism by declaring that the U.S. should enter World War I to make the world safe for democracy, American leaders have tended in public to stress the idealist elements of the mix when justifying a foreign involvement. That's what President Bush's father did during the first Gulf War when he emphasized, rightly, the moral justifications for defending Kuwait against Iraq's aggression. But James Baker made a gaffe (defined by Michael Kinsley as a politician accidentally saying something true) by stating the obvious, which was that Kuwait...
...tension between the realist and idealist approach has long split the Republican Party between traditional conservatives and neocons. That will play itself out in the campaign of John McCain. On one shoulder, he has his close friends from the realist camp, such as Kissinger, Powell and Robert Zoellick. Perched on the other shoulder are more crusading neocons and "national greatness" theorists led by William Kristol, whose father Irving helped provide the intellectual underpinnings for a morality-based foreign policy a generation...
...Fischer said that this has led to the globalization of all of the world’s problems. For this reason, new institutions and policies for cooperation need to be developed, according to Fischer. “Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not an idealist. I think we will be forced to cooperate,” he said. Fischer also discussed internal European politics in the context of globalization. The old Europe was nationalistic, while the new Europe is integrated—as exemplified by the European Union (EU), he said. Fischer warned that unless...
...ever feel as though your reaching for the top is betraying the idealist virtues you wrote about in your admissions essay, then you might want to examine some of Harvard’s community service opportunities. There, you’ll find all the raw ambition that you could ever desire, along with enough resumé opportunities to make your head spin. Don’t be fooled by the apparent sappy altruism of your fellow volunteers—they won’t seem so harmless when they snatch up your job at Citigroup. If you happen to enjoy...
...perhaps the last. And even then, only if Matt Damon is taken out at the awards ceremony in a “Team America”-esque coup. Undoubtedly, Penn’s performance is the standout component of this generally mediocre movie. As Willie Stark transforms from an idealist political pawn into a power-hungry political machine, Penn astutely changes his character from an endearing underdog—who courts voters in a swamp—into a deceitful tyrant. Penn’s delivery of fiery polemics against corrupt state government greatly improves upon his emotive outburts from...