Human Rights and National Security: The Strategic Correlation - 0 views
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promotion of human rights and the protection of national security as in inherent tension
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President Bush’s 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy speaks of a “commitment to protecting basic human rights.” In the same document, President Bush makes it clear that “defending our Nation against its enemies is the first and fundamental commitment of the Federal Government.”
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unnecessary and strategically questionable. A more effective U.S. foreign policy would view human rights and national security as correlated and complementary goals.
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