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Neoconservatism

Neoconservatism (colloquially neocon) is a political movement that combines features of traditional political and social conservatism with individualism and a qualified endorsement of free markets along with the assertive promotion of democracy and national interest, including through military means.

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related to Public figures · 56
Neoconservatism → American, American Enterprise Institute, American Enterprise InstituteClifford May, American Enterprise InstituteGary Schmitt, American Enterprise InstituteRobert Kagan, Boot, Brookings Institution, CEO, Charles Krauthammer, Classics, CommentaryNorman Podhoretz, CommentaryYuval Levin, Constitutional Studies, Cultural, Decter, Defense, Democracies, Democracies Lulu Schwartz, DemocraciesCarl Gershman, DemocraciesJoshua Muravchik
related to history · 24
Neoconservatism → According, American Left, Black Power, Cold War, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democratic, Ford, Frank Meyer, Irving Kristol, James Burnham, James Nuechterlein, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Leninist, Martin Luther King Jr, Marxist, New Left, New Politics, Nixon, Norman Podhoretz, Reagan
related to Leo Strauss and his students · 23
Neoconservatism → American, American Founding Fathers, Bradley Thompson, Chicago, Clemson University, Eugene Sheppard, Great Tradition, Greek, His, Judeo-Christian, Leo Strauss, Much, Nazi Germany, New School, New York, Social Research, Strauss, Strauss's, The Greek, Thomas
related to 2008 presidential election and aftermath · 22
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related to Views on economics · 13
Neoconservatism → After, Americans, Critics, Hayekian, Indeed, Irving Kristol, Kristol, Neoconservative, Political, So, They, While, Zeev Sternhell
related to Critiques · 12
Neoconservatism → After Neoconservatism, An Obituary, Boulder/London, Bradley, Francis, Fukuyama, Idea, ISBN, Paradigm Publishers, The New York Times, Thompson, Yaron Brook
related to Friction with other conservatives · 12
Neoconservatism → America Alone, Buckley Jr, Cato, Disputes, For, Global Order, Jonathan Clarke, Many, Responding, Stefan Halper, The Neo-Conservatives, William
related to Usage and general views · 10
Neoconservatism → During, He, Irving Kristol, Kristol, Michael Harrington, Nixon, Soviet Union, These, They, Vietnam War
related to Friction with paleoconservatism · 6
Neoconservatism → Dostoyevskian, He, Israel, Pat Buchanan, Paul Gottfried, Starting

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neoconservatives policy former neoconservative foreign bush united states american new republican liberal left administration defense president war national secretary state

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Frank Meyerinstance ofSome left-wing academics0.80text
James Burnham eventually became associated with the conservative movement at this time.A substantial number of neoconservatives were originally moderate socialists who were originally associated with the moderate wing of the Socialist Party of Americainstance ofSome left-wing academics0.80text
George Willinstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
Irving Kristol to cancel Reagan's 1980 nomination of Mel Bradfordinstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
a Southern Paleoconservative academic whose regionalist focusinstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
writings about Abraham Lincolninstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
Reconstruction alienated the more cosmopolitaninstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
progress-oriented neoconservativesinstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
to the leadership of the National Endowment for the Humanities in favor of longtime Democrat William Bennett as emblematic of the neoconservative movement establishing hegemony over mainstream American conservatism.In anotherinstance ofAuthor Keith Preston named the successful effort on behalf of neoconservatives0.80text
the Soviet Unioninstance ofKirkpatrick distinguished between authoritarian regimes and the totalitarian regimes0.80text
the Kurdsinstance ofmany neoconservatives considered this policy and the decision not to endorse indigenous dissident groups0.80text
Shiites in their 1991instance ofmany neoconservatives considered this policy and the decision not to endorse indigenous dissident groups0.80text

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