CIAO DATE: 06/2009
December 2008
The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs
Many Democratic Party security policy proposals have been developed in response to the Bush Administration’s actions. Ranging from Peter Beinart’s The Good Fight to the Democratic Leadership Council’s Progressive Policy Institution book to left-leaning think tank proposals, this material contains positives, negatives, and “sins of omission” that need to be fully addressed. The first priority is to broaden the definition of security to include protection from threats to human life, with the military as one of many tools available. Strength should not be equated with spending, but with the application of the right tools to the right problems.
Resource link: Fighting the 'Good Fight': An Assessment of Democratic Proposals For a New National Security Strategy [PDF] - 115K