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Liberal internationalism
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Liberal internationalism is a foreign policy doctrine, developed in the United States, which says that the United States should support and respect the United Nations and the other countries of the world. It is often associated with the American Democratic Party.
Liberal internationalism states that, through multilateral organizations such as the U.N, it is possible to avoid the worst excesses of "power politics" in relations between nations. For example, the Australian government in the late 1940's opposed the division of the world into two power blocs--the United States and the Soviet Union.
Proponents of the realist tradition in international affairs, on the other hand, are skeptical of liberal internationalism. They argue that it is power--diplomatic clout and military force (or the threat of it)--that ultimately prevails.
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