# Fighting the Foreign Policy Establishment

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/fighting-the-foreign-policy-establishment>

**By** Justin Logan, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** April 9, 2021

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Justin Logan comes back on the show to discuss realism in foreign policy.

## Shownotes:

The foreign policy establishment in D.C. is stubborn. In fact, there is so much consensus about America's interests' abroad that it's rare that meaningful debate occurs. But, it shouldn't be like that. There should be room for realists and restrainers in foreign policy. Justin Logan comes back on the podcast to discuss how foreign policy should be regularly scrutinized because right now that doesn't happen enough.

Who is in the foreign policy establishment? How is the debate on foreign policy different in DC compared to academia? What is realism in foreign policy?

## Further Reading:

[Foreign Policy Is Supposed To Be Transactional](https://www.cato.org/blog/foreign-policy-supposed-be-transactional?queryID=0295a9367dbe0dcb7185e003fb317b5d), written by Justin Logan

[Why Washington Doesn’t Debate Grand Strategy](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/ssq_1216_friedman.pdf), written by Benjamin H. Friendman \& Justin Logan