A Foreign Policy for the Left

A Foreign Policy for the Left (2018) is a book by political theorist Michael Walzer. Walzer argues that the American left needs a coherent foreign policy grounded in international solidarity and human rights rather than slogans alone. Drawing on debates over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and humanitarian intervention, he rejects both isolation and open-ended war, favoring case-by-case moral and strategic judgment.

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Fareed Zakaria: “My book of the week is Michael Walzer's "A Foreign Policy For the Left," that I spoke about in the take. Whether you are left or right, you'll find this thoughtful, short book will make you think deeply about the basic issues of whether, why and how we should feel involved and engaged with events happening outside our country to foreigners.”