The future of foreign policy. (implications of 1994 election results) (Column)

Commonweal | December 2, 1994| | Copyright

The elections of 1994 had one overwhelming result and multiple explanations about the roots of the Republican victory. Sorting through the commentators, it was possible to draw one clear conclusion: the election was not about foreign policy. The topic hardly surfaced during the campaign, and no analyst attributed the decisive Democratic defeat to foreign-policy issues. This does not mean the country is satisfied with the Clinton policy; more likely, it is yet another sign that post-cold war Americans define their most threatening problems in domestic terms (even if some of ...

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