A few months ago, my wife and I took a routine trip to Asheville, North Carolina. We have an excellent dentist in a nearby suburb that we are willing to drive the nearly two hour trip to see and we love the Biltmore estate as well as the welcome pack-mule trip to Trader Joe’s or
Foreign Policy
Tips for Successful Study in Foreign Policy (Part 2)
Building on our tips from last week’s post, here are a few more tips to being more prepared for and getting more out of your foreign policy study. These tips are definitely less conventional but have made a huge impact for me personally. Enjoy!
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Profiles in Empire
James Madison, on the Arbitrary Despot
“Can we believe that a government of a federal nature, consisting of many coequal sovereignties, and particularly having one branch chosen from the people, would drag the militia unnecessarily to an immense distance? This, sir, would be unworthy the most arbitrary despot.” – James Madison
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Foreign Policy
Tips for Successful Study in Foreign Policy (Part 1)
My own journey in the world of foreign policy has been richly rewarding and while I have learned much I have truly only scratched the surface. In understanding any one given area there is an incredible amount of relevant information, from history and ethnicity to politics and religion. If I had to describe the task