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http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/Offshore Balancing.pdf
This is a foreign policy paper which contrasts the failing current policy prescription beginning at the time of the Clinton Administration and continuing today, with a less hands on policy as exemplified in the 20th century prior to the Clinton Administration.
The main idea is to delegate military/policing responsibilities to regional allies to maintain balance rather than expanding US military footprints and attempting to shape compliance by force. The present policy advocates wars and regime change justified by building democracies or by humanitarian concerns. By changing course, the arguments are that trillions of dollars could be saved and used for domestic purposes such as strengthening the economy, and that animosity toward the United States would be reduced. This would slow down the recruitment and expansion of terrorism, and also lower the urgency of rival nations to create nuclear arsenals fearing US invasion or regime change targeting of the nation in question.
The article doesn't go into politics, but a Clinton presidency insures the current policies go forward. It's unclear if a Trump presidency would move away from interventialist toward balancing, but there are indications he's been advised toward that.
China is becoming an imminent threat more so than Russia or Iran according to the author. Something to keep in mind.
This is a foreign policy paper which contrasts the failing current policy prescription beginning at the time of the Clinton Administration and continuing today, with a less hands on policy as exemplified in the 20th century prior to the Clinton Administration.
The main idea is to delegate military/policing responsibilities to regional allies to maintain balance rather than expanding US military footprints and attempting to shape compliance by force. The present policy advocates wars and regime change justified by building democracies or by humanitarian concerns. By changing course, the arguments are that trillions of dollars could be saved and used for domestic purposes such as strengthening the economy, and that animosity toward the United States would be reduced. This would slow down the recruitment and expansion of terrorism, and also lower the urgency of rival nations to create nuclear arsenals fearing US invasion or regime change targeting of the nation in question.
The article doesn't go into politics, but a Clinton presidency insures the current policies go forward. It's unclear if a Trump presidency would move away from interventialist toward balancing, but there are indications he's been advised toward that.
China is becoming an imminent threat more so than Russia or Iran according to the author. Something to keep in mind.