156 – Reappraising the Right’s Foreign Policy with Michael Lucchese

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 156 – Reappraising the Right’s Foreign Policy with Michael Lucchese In February of 2004 the late Charles Krauthammer delivered the keynote address at AEI’s Annual Dinner.&nbsp; It was a year into the Iraqi war and several years into the War on Terror.&nbsp; Krauthammer’s address—entitled Democratic Realism—lauded much of the Bush administration’s approach to the war, but offered some stern warnings on how the war and rebuilding efforts might go awry.&nbsp; His warnings proved to be profoundly prescient as the following years led to the disillusionment of what broadly (and wrongly) became known as NeoCon foreign policy. &nbsp; What had the Right missed in Krauthammer’s warnings?&nbsp; What foreign policy approaches has the United States historically taken, and are any of them still relevant?&nbsp; How might conservatism shed light on the most appropriate foreign policy we could pursue?&nbsp; Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is returning guest Michael Lucchese to think through the lessons learned in American foreign policy. &nbsp; About Michael Lucchese Michael Lucchese is the founder and CEO of Pipe Creek Consulting, a communications firm based in Washington, D.C., and a visiting scholar at the Liberty Fund. &nbsp;Previously, he was a communications aide to U.S. Senator Ben Sasse. &nbsp; He received a BA in American Studies at Hillsdale College and was a Hudson Institute Political Studies fellow and an alumnus of the Röpke-Wojtyła Fellowship at Catholic University of America's Busch School of Business. Michael is an Associate Editor at Law &amp; Liberty and a contributing editor to Providence.&nbsp; His writings have also appeared in multiple publications, including the Washington Examiner and National Review, Engelsberg Ideas, and Public Discourse. Michael Lucchese is from Chicago, Illinois. &nbsp; Michael was a previous guest on Saving Elephants in episode 143 – The Conservative Mind at 70 with Michael Lucchese &nbsp; Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values https://www.savingelephantsblog.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/31672977/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/173129032