One of my favorite columnists, the intelligent, articulate, multicultural counterpoint to Lou Dobbsian xenophobia and isolationism, Fareed Zakaria at Newsweek, has a new column out asking the Obama administration to make the formation of a National Grand Strategy a top Foreign Policy objective. The "Diplomacy by CNN" approach, where by US policy objectives are picked from news headlines, is just too reactive, whereas a Grand Strategy can unite us, and give us a real objective to pursue and work towards with our allies.
In fact, the whole Newsweek for 8 DEC 08 is like a 21st Century Foreign Policy Primer, balanced well with some great commentators, most of whom I agree with, some whom I don't. Go get it. Now.
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