This is John Batcher, a conversation with Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution about a proposal

for foreign policy for the Republican Party in the near future to be a fusion of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy, we win they lose the version that

Peter points to, and the Trump foreign policy of the first term in the second term.

To stay very close to your allies is the recommendation here,

quite common sensical.

Peter explains that your allies are not always Jeffersonian democracies, however in the world of great

powers, as Peter explains, decisions must be made about who stands with us and who stands against us.

Peter Berkowitz, the Hoover Institution on a fusion of foreign policies between Ronald Reagan

and a prospective Donald Trump's second term.

Yes, it's as you know John your study of of classical history.

It's an old notion that one should be one should

come to the defense of one's friends and one should be ready to firmly defend against one foes.

This is the view of the Trump Reagan fusion

and they add a crucial point. The defense of the free world may involve, is likely to

involve the United States entering into partnerships with countries that are not perfectly free.

Indeed, are authoritarian.

But this compels the authors to recognize that there's a fundamental difference

between, say, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Iran. fundamental difference

the Republic of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has declared that the United States is an enemy and has done everything it does

everything it's can to undermine America's interests in the Middle East.

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made clear that it prefers to work with the United States

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