The "Securitization" of international economic policy

The attacks of September 11th marked the end -- at least for the foreseeable future -- of U.S. foreign policy. See, foreign policy is a big tool box, with a wide variety of handy tools, including diplomacy. This administration chucked that toolbox out the window, and now we have a security policy and a trade policy. The nut-jobs driving U.S. foreign policy at the moment believe that's all we need to play the game of international politics.

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