Ideal vs Real at State

May 5th, 2017 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? ]

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Sources:

  • Lowy Interpreter, Trump’s telephone diplomacy accelerates Southeast Asia’s slide

  • AP, Tillerson calls for balancing US security interests, values

    • The quote in brackets at the head of this post, totally impractical as a guide to realpolitik, is from the Gospel according to St Matthew 16.26.

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