2008 Woodie Awards
Elliot School profs. profile foreign policy concerns
Professors from the Elliott School of International Affairs gathered at the National Press Club Monday to discuss their new report on differences between liberal and conservative approaches to foreign policies.
Twenty-nine Elliott School professors contributed to the report, titled "Divided Diplomacy and the Next Administration: Conservative and Liberal Alternatives." Henry R. Nau and David Shambaugh, professors of political science and international affairs, edited the 167-page volume, which was completed during the past six months.
The report addresses four main topics: conservative and liberal grand strategies, as well as bureaucratic, functional and regional challenges in foreign affairs. Shambaugh said each chapter of the report addresses global policy challenges facing the next administration and outlines policy alternatives for conservatives and liberals.
"Whoever wins the election on Nov. 2, these underlying world views and divisions won't disappear," said Shambaugh, who joined contributing professors Nau, Leon Fuerth, James Goldgeier, Michael Moore, Joanna Spear and Walter Reich to discuss the publication at the press club Monday.
Shambaugh said Monday's panel represented a number of political viewpoints, with some professors having worked for either Republicans or Democrats. Fuerth served as national security advisor to Vice President Al Gore; Nau served in the Ford and Reagan administrations.
"Liberals and conservatives differ not on the basics of facts," said Nau, who serves as director of the United States-Japan Legislative Exchange Program and the U.S.-Japan Economic Agenda. "They see the world differently."
He said the main conflict America will face in the coming years is between a fundamentalist Islamic world "that hates freedom" and the "free western world." Nau added that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is "somewhat unclear about the dimensions of this conflict."
Fuerth said those on the left of the political spectrum have a different viewpoint on foreign policy and presented a "liberal grand strategy."
Twenty-nine Elliott School professors contributed to the report, titled "Divided Diplomacy and the Next Administration: Conservative and Liberal Alternatives." Henry R. Nau and David Shambaugh, professors of political science and international affairs, edited the 167-page volume, which was completed during the past six months.
The report addresses four main topics: conservative and liberal grand strategies, as well as bureaucratic, functional and regional challenges in foreign affairs. Shambaugh said each chapter of the report addresses global policy challenges facing the next administration and outlines policy alternatives for conservatives and liberals.
"Whoever wins the election on Nov. 2, these underlying world views and divisions won't disappear," said Shambaugh, who joined contributing professors Nau, Leon Fuerth, James Goldgeier, Michael Moore, Joanna Spear and Walter Reich to discuss the publication at the press club Monday.
Shambaugh said Monday's panel represented a number of political viewpoints, with some professors having worked for either Republicans or Democrats. Fuerth served as national security advisor to Vice President Al Gore; Nau served in the Ford and Reagan administrations.
"Liberals and conservatives differ not on the basics of facts," said Nau, who serves as director of the United States-Japan Legislative Exchange Program and the U.S.-Japan Economic Agenda. "They see the world differently."
He said the main conflict America will face in the coming years is between a fundamentalist Islamic world "that hates freedom" and the "free western world." Nau added that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is "somewhat unclear about the dimensions of this conflict."
Fuerth said those on the left of the political spectrum have a different viewpoint on foreign policy and presented a "liberal grand strategy."
