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The Four Schools

Walter Russell Mead argued that American foreign policy has always been a contest between four traditions. Face twelve real dilemmas and find out which one you belong to.

Framework from Walter Russell Mead, Special Providence (2001).

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A foreign government seizes an American cargo ship. You:

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