1. The Realistic US National Security Policy
The national security policy of the United States has been long debated on whether it was more motivated by realism or liberalism tendencies in preceding times. ... On the realist side, there are arguments that the US has implemented both offensive and defensive realism tendencies in the past. ... Liberalists argue that the containment policy was all in the name of democracy and that may be somewhat true, but offensive realism shows to be the underlining factor in my opinion. Promoting democracy in European countries is an idealistic form of liberalism but it also portrays offensive realism. ....
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