Liberal hawk
The term liberal hawk refers to a politically liberal person (generally, in
Overview
Past U.S. presidents
One document often cited as promoting a liberal hawkish point of view is
In January 2004,
In his book The Good Fight, published in 2006, Peter Beinart renounced his prior support for the Iraq War: "I was too quick to give up on containment, too quick to think time was on Saddam's side."
Opposition to the Sunshine Policy
The
Despite being a liberal, U.S. President Barack Obama opposed the Sunshine Policy and preferred a hawkish foreign policy toward North Korea called "Strategic Patience Policy".[7]
U.S. liberals' hostile diplomatic approach to North Korea has made South Korea liberals prefer Donald Trump diplomatically to
Notable people associated
The list includes people who have been described as liberal hawks.
Politicians
- Howard Berman – former U.S. Representative from California[11]
- Joe Biden - U.S. President, elected in 2020[12]
- Tony Blair – former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[13][14][15]
- Ben Cardin – U.S. Senator from Maryland, former U.S. Representative from Maryland[16]
- Joe Donnelly – former U.S. Representative and senator from Indiana[22][23]
- Eliot Engel – former U.S. Representative from New York[24]
- Al Gore – former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, former Vice President of the United States, 2000 Democratic presidential nominee[25]
- Josh Gottheimer – U.S. Representative from New Jersey[26]
- Jane Harman – former U.S. Representative from California[27][28]
- Michael Ignatieff – former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, former professor at Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy[29]
- Henry "Scoop" Jackson – United States Senator who represented Washington State from 1953 to 1983[30][31]
- Joe Lieberman (deceased) – former U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate[32][33][34]
- Hatnuah party, Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and Leader of the Opposition.[35]
- Bob Menendez – U.S. Senator from New Jersey, former U.S. Representative from New Jersey[36][37]
- Sam Nunn – former U.S. Senator from Georgia (1972-1997)[38][39][40]
- Kyrsten Sinema – U.S. Senator from Arizona, former U.S. Representative from Arizona[41]
Government officials
- Madeleine Albright (deceased) – former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, former U.S. Secretary of State[42]
- Zbigniew Brzezinski (deceased) – former National Security Advisor, political scientist[43][44][45][46]
- The Brookings Institution[2]
Other
- German Marshall Fund of the United States[2]
- Paul Berman – contributing editor to Dissent and The New Republic (described as a 'Philosopher King' of liberal hawks)[2]
- Jonathan Chait – self-described liberal hawk[47]
- Larry Diamond – senior fellow at the Hoover Institution[2]
- Christopher Hitchens (deceased) – British-American journalist, essayist, critic and writer[48]
- Guardian America[2]
See also
References
- ^ "The Liberal Quandary Over Iraq". The New York Times Magazine. December 8, 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f "Liberal Hawk Down". The Nation. October 7, 2004.
- Social Democrats USA Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""트럼프, 미국판 '햇볕정책' 보여줘...4차회담은 8~9월"" [Donald Trump supports the American version 'Sunshine policy'. The fourth round of talks will take place in August or September.]. 노컷뉴스. July 1, 2019. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "Bruce Cumings hopes Trump's lack of ties to Washington establishment offers solution for Korean Peninsula". The Hankyoreh. June 17, 2018. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
- ^ 동아일보. July 3, 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ Park Byoung-chul, Joo In-suck ed. (2016). The North Korean Policy of the Obama Administration and Korea-America Relationship: Change and Perspective. Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information.
- ^ "South Korean opposition leader: Nukes are the only way to guarantee peace". CNN. October 18, 2017. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
Nicknamed "Hong Trump," he has been compared to the US President in the past for his outspoken, sometimes offensive campaigning style. ... Like Trump, Hong attracted criticism during the campaign over his attitudes towards women, after he was quoted as saying washing dishes was women's work. Controversy also erupted over an anecdote in Hong's autobiography in which he described helping a friend drug a girl he was on a date with.
- ^ "홍준표 "위장평화쇼 트럼프 시대 저물어…문재인 정권 심판받을 차례"" [Hong Joon-pyo said, "The era of Trump based on the camouflage peace show is over. Therefore, the Moon Jae-in regime [who was diplomatically friendly to Trump when Trump supported pro-North Korea foreign policy] will be judged".]. 머니투데이. November 6, 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- 조선일보. August 8, 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ "Berman – A Hawk 20 Years in the Making". Los Angeles Times. March 7, 2003.
- ^ "Joe Biden championed the Iraq war. Will that come back to haunt him now?". The Guardian. February 17, 2020.
- ^ "Liberal Hawks, an Endangered Species". The Weekly Standard. May 28, 2007.
- ^ "Is Tony Blair a war criminal?". The Telegraph. December 4, 2009.
- ^ "The Nation; Blair, the Hawk, Finds Himself With Some Unlikely Friends". The New York Times. February 23, 2003.
- ^ "Ben Cardin Is a Hawk. Will Maryland Voters Punish Him for It?". The Nation. May 10, 2018.
- ^ "How Hillary Clinton Became a Hawk". The New York Times. April 24, 2016.
- ^ "Hillary the Hawk: A History". ForeignPolicy.com. July 27, 2016.
- ^ "Why is Hillary Clinton still a hawk?". Chicago Tribune. July 1, 2016.
- ^ "Yes, Hillary Clinton Is a Hawk". The National Interest. February 6, 2014.
- ^ "Hillary the Hawk". The Nation. February 21, 2007.
- ^ "Joe Donnelly talks like a Republican in his newest ad". Washington Examiner. October 16, 2018.
- ^ "The Loneliest Democrat in Trump Country". Politico Magazine. December 5, 2017.
- ^ Chavez, Aida (June 18, 2019). "Hawkish Democrat Rep. Eliot Engel Is Facing Two Primary Challengers". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- JSTOR 40209691. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Ahlman, Austin (August 31, 2022). "Hawkish Democrats Ramp Up Campaign Against Possible New Iran Deal". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Hire Harman for Chair of Intelligence? No, Nancy, No". HuffPost. November 22, 2006.
- ^ "Harman's Harm?". The New Republic. April 20, 2009.
- ^ "Let the mighty liberal hawks soar". Los Angeles Times. August 14, 2007.
- ^ "The Nation: The Democrats' Liberal Hawk on Capitol Hill". Time. March 22, 1971.
- ^ "Return of the liberal hawks". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 2006.
- ^ "Joe Lieberman, Religion, and Iraq". Smart Politics. February 20, 2007.
- ^ "A Hawk for All Seasons". The American Prospect. August 14, 2006.
- ^ "Who Would Joe Lieberman Vote for in 2020? Not Who You'd Think". Tablet Magazine. May 3, 2018.
- ^ "Palestine papers: Tzipi Livni". The Guardian. January 23, 2011.
- ^ "The Democrats' Unlikely Hawk". The American Conservative. December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Democrat hawk says he's sticking by Iran deal after reclaiming top panel spot". Al-Monitor. February 9, 2018.
- ^ Crowley, Michael. "The Stuff Sam Nunn's Nightmares Are Made of". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Quigley, Bernie (August 14, 2008). "Draft Sam Nunn. There's Still Time". The Hill. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Sack, Kevin. "Nunn, Model Southern Democrat, To Retire From Senate Next Year". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Kyrsten Sinema's anti-war activist past under scrutiny as she runs for Senate". CNN Politics. October 12, 2018.
- ^ "The Lady Is a Hawk". Newsweek. December 15, 1996.
- ^ "The last hawk: Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017)". Open Democracy. June 1, 2017.
- ^ "Once a Hawk, Brzezinski Sees Hope for U.S.-Russia Relations". Politico Magazine. November 27, 2015.
- ^ "Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter, Dies at 89". The New York Times. May 26, 2017.
- ^ "On Zbigniew Brzezinski: Geopolitical Mastermind, Realist Practitioner". Foreign Policy Journal. June 5, 2017.
- ^ Chait, Jonathan (March 17, 2010). "The Yoke's On You, Krauthammer". The New Republic.
- ^ "Hitchens takes a beating". Salon. August 27, 2005.
External links
- Progressive Internationalism: A Democratic National Security Strategy
- Slate: Liberal Hawks Reconsider the Iraq War
- Bush’s Useful Idiots, Tony Judt, London Review of Books, 21 September 2006