2009
DOI: 10.1080/13569770902858111
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The moral purpose of US power: neoconservatism in the age of Obama

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“…Thus, while the idea of natural “shared values” was evident in Obama's speech to the Indian parliament, “shared interests” receive equal emphasis and he prefaced his remarks on democracy promotion by noting that: “[n]o one nation has a monopoly on wisdom, and no nation should ever try to impose its values on another” (Obama ). Nonetheless, both Bush and Obama can be placed in a liberal foreign policy tradition that advocates policies of liberal interventionism, the moral purpose of US power and the indispensability of global US leadership (Homolar‐Riechmann ; Parmar ). All of these ideas have been evident in Obama's foreign policy in various ways, from his continued adherence to Bush's approach to counter‐terrorism, his support for humanitarian military intervention, and his choice of advisors, several of whom were participants in the Princeton Project on National Security (PPNS).…”
Section: The “Rise Of India”mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, while the idea of natural “shared values” was evident in Obama's speech to the Indian parliament, “shared interests” receive equal emphasis and he prefaced his remarks on democracy promotion by noting that: “[n]o one nation has a monopoly on wisdom, and no nation should ever try to impose its values on another” (Obama ). Nonetheless, both Bush and Obama can be placed in a liberal foreign policy tradition that advocates policies of liberal interventionism, the moral purpose of US power and the indispensability of global US leadership (Homolar‐Riechmann ; Parmar ). All of these ideas have been evident in Obama's foreign policy in various ways, from his continued adherence to Bush's approach to counter‐terrorism, his support for humanitarian military intervention, and his choice of advisors, several of whom were participants in the Princeton Project on National Security (PPNS).…”
Section: The “Rise Of India”mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Others engage with neoconservatism through IR theory, arguing that neoconservatism is a counter-discourse to the ‘pathologies of modern liberalism’ (Williams, 2005: 312), which is believed to have abandoned republican virtue and degenerated into moral nihilism and multicultural relativism (Homolar-Riechmann, 2009: 182; Owens, 2007: 271–272). Meanwhile, it is also suggested that neoconservatism represents a counterpoint to realist, amoral discourses of power politics (Rapport, 2008: 278).…”
Section: Towards a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis Of Neoconservatismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the idea that the beginning of the Obama administration marked a watershed moment, when smart power replaced militaristic unilateralism, simplifies the complexity of American foreign and security policy. The sense both of moral purpose and of the value of hard power remained in significant parts of the US policy elite after the end of the Bush administration 25 -as witnessed in the Obama administration's extensive use of drone warfare and targeted assassinations. At the same time, the ideas underpinning smart power long predated the Obama administration.…”
Section: Smart Power and Global Health Diplomacymentioning
confidence: 99%