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International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal principles of economics, domestic politics, and international relations over other, nonliberal principles. It will last only as long as those who imposed it retain the capacity to defend it.

Robert Kagan

When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.
But nations without great military power face the opposite danger: When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like nails.

Robert Kagan

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

Robert Kagan

When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.

Robert Kagan

Robert Kagan

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Born: September 26, 1958 (age 59)

Bio: Robert Kagan is an American historian, author, columnist, and foreign-policy commentator. Kagan is often characterized as a leading neoconservative, but prefers to call himself a "liberal interventionist".

Known for:

The World America Made (2012)
The Return of History and the End of Dreams (2008)
A twilight struggle (1996)

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