Ideal vs Real at State
[ 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.
