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FROM: http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:lTLmLEvEfWQJ:
www.newamericancentury.org/+new+american+century&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
The Project for the
New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated
to a few fundamental propositions:- that American leadership is good
both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military
strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that
too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership.
The Project for the
New American Century intends, through issue briefs, research papers,
advocacy journalism, conferences, and seminars, to explain what American
world leadership entails. It will also strive to rally support for a
vigorous and principled policy of American international involvement
and to stimulate useful public debate on foreign and defense policy
and America's role in the world.
William
Kristol, Chairman
The
Project For The New American Century
Statement Of Principles
June 3, 1997
American foreign and
defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent
policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist
impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently
advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have
not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have
allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic
objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would
maintain American security and advance American interests in the new
century.
We aim to change this.
We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership.
As the 20th century draws
to a close, the United States stands as the world's preeminent power.
Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity
and a challenge: Does the United States have the vision to build upon
the achievements of past decades? Does the United States have the resolve
to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?
We are in danger of squandering
the opportunity and failing the challenge. We are living off the capital
-- both the military investments and the foreign policy achievements
-- built up by past administrations. Cuts in foreign affairs and defense
spending, inattention to the tools of statecraft, and inconstant leadership
are making it increasingly difficult to sustain American influence around
the world. And the promise of short-term commercial benefits threatens
to override strategic considerations. As a consequence, we are jeopardizing
the nation's ability to meet present threats and to deal with potentially
greater challenges that lie ahead.
We seem to have forgotten
the essential elements of the Reagan Administration's success: a military
that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges;
a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles
abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global
responsibilities.
Of course, the United
States must be prudent in how it exercises its power. But we cannot
safely avoid the responsibilities of global leadership or the costs
that are associated with its exercise. America has a vital role in maintaining
peace and security in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. If we shirk
our responsibilities, we invite challenges to our fundamental interests.
The history of the 20th century should have taught us that it is important
to shape circumstances before crises emerge, and to meet threats before
they become dire. The history of this century should have taught us
to embrace the cause of American leadership.
Our aim is to remind
Americans of these lessons and to draw their consequences for today.
Here are four consequences:
- we
need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry
out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces
for the future;
- we need to strengthen
our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to
our interests and values;
- we need to promote
the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;
- we need to accept
responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending
an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and
our principles.
Such a Reaganite policy
of military strength and moral clarity may not be fashionable today.
But it is necessary if the United States is to build on the successes
of this past century and to ensure our security and our greatness in
the next.
Elliott Abrams, Gary
Bauer, William J. Bennett, Jeb Bush, Dick Cheney, Eliot A. Cohen, Midge
Decter, Paula Dobriansky, Steve Forbes, Aaron Friedberg, Francis Fukuyama,
Frank Gaffney, Fred C. Ikle, Donald Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, I. Lewis
Libby, Norman Podhoretz, Dan Quayle, Peter W. Rodman, Stephen P. Rosen,
Henry S. Rowen, Donald Rumsfeld, Vin Weber, George Weigel, Paul Wolfowitz.
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