Are you persuaded by Daalder &
Lindsay that George W. Bush had a clear vision of
What are the key differences between
Which of the five competing visions does the Bush worldview best
fit into?
Does the “hegemonist” vision that D&L outline appear reasonable to you?
Is it clear why Bush only gives Rice and Zoellick
principal roles but relegates the other Vulcans to
deputy positions (Armitage, Wolfowitz,
Hadley) or advisory (Perle) or minor (Blackwill, Zakheim) roles? Why
are Rumsfeld and Powell chosen when they are not
neo-cons like Perle, Wolfowitz,
or Zakheim?
Are Bush's decisions in the first eight months consistent with D&L's picture of what his foreign policy should be? What grand strategy do they appear to be most consistent with?
How does the Bush grand strategy differ from