US neoconservatives

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US neoconservatives are a political movement in the United States known for their hawkish foreign policy, strong anti-communism, and advocacy of using American power to promote democracy and national interests abroad.

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instanceOf political movement
associatedWith Republican Party
conservative think tanks
foreign policy establishment in Washington, D.C.
coreBelief hawkish foreign policy
promotion of democracy abroad
skepticism toward isolationism
strong anti-communism
support for American global leadership
support for close alliance with Israel
support for military intervention in some conflicts
support for strong national defense
use of American power to advance national interests
country United States
historicalRole advocacy for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
influence on George W. Bush administration foreign policy
ideology neoconservatism
influencedBy Cold War containment strategy
anti-communism
liberal anti-communist intellectuals
institutionalBase American Enterprise Institute
Commentary magazine
Project for the New American Century
The Weekly Standard
notableFigure Douglas Feith
Elliott Abrams
Irving Kristol
Jeane Kirkpatrick
John Bolton
Norman Podhoretz
Paul Wolfowitz
Richard Perle
Robert Kagan
William Kristol
originContext Cold War politics
linked to: Cold War rhetoric

disillusionment with liberalism
reaction to New Left
originPeriod 1970s
late 1960s
policyFocus Iraq policy
Middle East policy
defense spending
democracy promotion
human rights in authoritarian regimes
politicalPosition center-right
right-wing
selfDescription “liberals who were mugged by reality” (associated phrase)
viewOnChina concern about rising Chinese power
viewOnInternationalInstitutions skepticism toward some multilateral constraints
viewOnMilitaryPower support for preemptive or preventive war in some cases
viewOnRussia historically hostile to Soviet Union
viewOnRussia suspicious of post-Soviet Russian intentions

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Détente criticizedBy US neoconservatives
subject linked to: Detente