POLITICAL EDUCATION, CONSERVATIVE ANALYSIS
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NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
By President George W. Bush
I.
OVERVIEW OF AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY
The United States possesses unprecedentedand unequaledstrength and influence in the world. Sustained by faith in the principles of liberty, and the value of a free society, this position comes with unparalleled responsibilities, obligations, and opportunity. The great strength of this nation must be used to promote a balance of power that favors freedom.
For most of the twentieth century, the world was divided by a great struggle over ideas: destructive totalitarian visions versus freedom and equality.
That great struggle is over. The militant visions of class, nation, and race which promised utopia and delivered misery have been defeated and
discredited. America is now threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones. We are menaced less by fleets and armies than by
catastrophic technologies in the hands of the embittered few.We must defeat these threats to our Nation, allies, and friends.
This is also a time of opportunity for America. We will work to translate this moment of influence into decades of peace, prosperity, and liberty.
The U.S. national security strategy will be based on a distinctly American internationalism that reflects the union of our values and our national
interests. The aim of this strategy is to help make the world not just safer but better. Our goals on the path to progress are clear: political and
economic freedom, peaceful relations with other states, and respect for human dignity.
And this path is not Americas alone. It is open
to all.
To achieve these goals, the United States will:
- champion aspirations for human dignity;
- strengthen alliances to defeat global
terrorism and work to prevent attacks
against us and our friends;
- work with others to defuse regional conflicts;
- prevent our enemies from threatening us,
our allies, and our friends, with weapons of
mass destruction;
- ignite a new era of global economic growth
through free markets and free trade;
- expand the circle of development by
opening societies and building the
infrastructure of democracy;
- develop agendas for cooperative action with
other main centers of global power; and
- transform Americas national security
institutions to meet the challenges and
opportunities of the twenty-first century.
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