Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Aug 21, 2011 at 12:06am
I'd like to find a resource that would allow me to compare the leading Republican candidate's statements on key issues of foreign policy in the past six months, as well as a guide to their foreign policy advisers and their known views. Suggestions?
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May '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Ontheissues.org, especially this webpage of theirs. Go to each candidate's "foreign policy" and "war & peace" sections and each one will contain quotes and information on their voting records.
Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 12:22amMay '10
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Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 12:14amRe: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
This seems out-of-date, thin, and difficult to use. Anyone have a better suggestion?
I want to see leading candidates compared, side-by-side, recent statements, and key advisers.
May '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Claire Berlinski, Ed.:
I want to see leading candidates compared, side-by-side, recent statements, and key advisers.
Claire, you know what engineers say to requests like this?
"Thanks for volunteering!"
Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 12:39amRe: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Mark Wilson
Claire Berlinski, Ed.:
I want to see leading candidates compared, side-by-side, recent statements, and key advisers.
Claire, you know what engineers say to requests like this?
"Thanks for volunteering!" · Aug 21 at 12:30am
I don't think this can be done by one volunteer alone--and the first thing in any large task is to make sure you're not reinventing the wheel. Surely some group somewhere has done this?
May '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Joking aside, I think this would be an excellent resource not just for comparison of candidates, but to catalyze some coherent thought about foreign policy among voters. I, for one, think foreign policy involves so many complex considerations that I don't have an overarching set of principles that I could point to as the core of my foreign policy beliefs. It's more like a set of considered cost-benefits and incentives, case-by-case, to achieve particular outcomes. I hope we are able to come up with something useful.
Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 12:39amAug '10
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Claire, I came up with this source when I googled your requirements. They have head to head comparisons on various policy issues. I have never used them, but I did try their matchup of Cain vs Bachmann.
Oct '10
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eli lake
All Over the Map
The Republican foreign policy consensus has collapsed. Which candidate’s worldview will prevail?
here's lake explaining his article to bob wright on bloggingheads
http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/38181
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Eli's a friend of mine, and that was a good article. I'm looking for something that I can read, not watch--I digest information much faster by reading it--and I'm looking for a side-by-side comparison, as well as information about who is advising them.
May '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
My quick searches didn't really turn up anything and I'm not going to give you much hope of finding something like this. CFR still has an Election 2008 tab but nothing yet for 2012. Nothing also from Heritage or Michael Barone (Barone may be the best source for staffers). How about Rumsfeld? Or perhaps the Kennedy School, the Fletcher School or Hopkins?
Your problem, unfortunately, is that the only GOP candidate so far to make a serious concerted effort to address foreign policy was Tim Pawlenty. Right now, divining the candidates' foreign policy positions is like getting lost in a neighborhood of nothing but cul-de-sacs.
Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 5:09amDec '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Check the same place where to find the federal budget for the past 800 days and counting.
Or, the same place where the senate put the Balanced Budget Amendment passed by the House during the debt ceiling debacle.
Or, look next to the key where we keep for the Social Security lock-box.
Jun '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
I am no scholar, heck I can barely spell the word. But you are, Claire. Anyhow, the Eli Lake article was pretty good. Thanks for that, John. There is very little question that so far foreign policy is in the back seat of this race. If Peter's newest post is correct, it will probably move to the trunk. I'm not saying the trunk is the proper spot for foreign policy but if the economy is collapsing all around us, the military will be our foreign policy spokesmen.
Apr '11
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http://www.issues2000.org/Foreign_Policy.htm
Apr '11
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
I think you have to make a list of questions and then go to each candidate's websites(s). Time consuming and not a little frustrating. It could be simplified by eliminating second tier candidates. I don't know of any website that lists all foreign policy advisers, in fact that info sometimes has to be ferreted out. Sounds like a research project.
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Can we do this collectively?
Mar '11
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
After a Google search, I'd conclude with Viator that the Issues2000 site is the best, and that's not saying much. In fact, there is almost nothing out there--except for a couple Foreign Policy magazine articles that lack real substance--on the subject.
Take a look at the candidates websites: Romney, Bachmann, Perry. One of the reasons that there is no media resource out there with some substance, is that they're almost no substance to be had--even if we wanted to find it! The three leading candidates for president have barely one page of Foreign Policy, and only one of them even calls it foreign policy, for the others its only national security. Shiny, super cool graphics on the websites though. Really polished look.....
Sigh.
Sep '10
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
At least one resource (which you've probably already thought of) is Lexis. You can search newspapers, magazines, international publications. There's a gazillion. I just did a quick search of "foreign policy of republican 2012 candidates" and got more than 1,000 results, many of which can easily be discarded. Anyway, that would be my first thought. If you like, I can compile some URLs and post them or e-mail them to you, if that would be of interest (this presumes you do not have access to Lexis).
Re: Foreign Policy: A Question for Ricochet
Of course it would be of interest. Let's narrow it down to credible front-runners.
Apr '11
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Duplicate
Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 10:33amApr '11
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Perry
Donald Rumsfeld - a known known
Douglas J. Feith - Director of the Center for National Security Strategies and a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute
Daniel Fata - Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the US, VP Cohen Group in Washington, D.C. served as the U.S. deputy ast. secretary of defense for Europe and NATO policy 2005-2008.
William J. Luti - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy for the National Security Council in the administration of President George W. Bush.
Edited on Aug 21, 2011 at 10:35am