"Critics of Western foreign policy lead us into ‘demoralisation and despair’ and immerse us ‘irrational introspection’."
Criticisms of western foreign policy aim to lead to a better understanding of the world and re-assessment of foreign policy. If they only lead to despair and introspection it is probably because our establishment suffers from a block that prevents them re-assessing how to relate to the rest of the world. Military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen have been massive failures, yet Dowden appears not to have noticed.
"Critics of Western foreign policy lead us into ‘demoralisation and despair’ and immerse us ‘irrational introspection’."
Criticisms of western foreign policy aim to lead to a better understanding of the world and re-assessment of foreign policy. If they only lead to despair and introspection it is probably because our establishment suffers from a block that prevents them re-assessing how to relate to the rest of the world. Military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen have been massive failures, yet Dowden appears not to have noticed.