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Article: Robert Kagan: Why Should Democracy Be Shy?(The Last Word)(Interview)
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- June 9, 2008
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Byline: Christopher Werth
We gave to look at international relations a a competition, because Russia and China already see it that way.
Robert Kagan believes a war is coming. Not necessarily one with guns and bombs, but his new book argues that a fundamental global divide is emerging between liberal democracies and autocratic governments--namely Russia and China. He and presidential hopeful John McCain, whom he advises, call for a League of Democracies, which the Republican candidate has pledged to pursue if he wins the November election. NEWSWEEK's Christopher Werth spoke with Kagan about the ascendancy of great-power competition.
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