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Comment: National interest and national peculiarities: A guide to foreign policy.

  • UPSC 2001
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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The statement pairs a universal with a particular. National interest is, in Charles O. Lerche Jr. and Abdul A. Said's definition, the general, long-term and continuing purpose that state, nation and government see themselves as serving. Every state has one, and realists treat it as the compass of policy. National peculiarities are what make a…

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  • National interest: the compass
  • National peculiarities: the lens
  • Why neither is a sufficient guide
  • Conclusion
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