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Comment: Human Rights in the US foreign policy.

  • UPSC 1992
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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Human rights in US foreign policy have always swung between two traditions. One is Wilsonian idealism, which treats the spread of liberty as part of the national interest. The other is realism, which subordinates morality to power. George F. Kennan (American Diplomacy, 1951) condemned the "legalistic-moralistic approach" to world affairs. The record shows a sincere…

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  • Congress and Carter: rights as policy
  • Reagan and the double standard
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  • The current retreat
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