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He is a signatory of the Henry Jackson Society principles, advocating a proactive approach to the spread of liberal democracy across the world, including when necessary by military intervention.
The Henry Jackson Society is a non-partisan society or think tank (with tax-exempt charity status) that aims to promote 'democratic geopolitics'. [1] It is based at Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Named after the late Henry M. Jackson, a former Democratic U.S. Senator from Washington State and leading proponent of U.S. Cold War policies, the society advocates a proactive approach to the spread of liberal democracy across the world, including, when necessary, by military intervention, and conducts research into questions related to this goal. The society advocates the use of military power in specific situations: to end ethnic cleansing; to remove oppressive dictators when other means fail; and to prevent the breakdown of the rule of law. Its perspective is fundamentally Atlanticist but it is also pro-European and argues explicitly for European military integration.
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Because of this advocacy the society has been called 'neo-conservative' in, for example, The Guardian newspaper.[2] At the society's inaugural meeting, one of the key academic founders, Brendan Simms praised Jackson's legacy, and criticised the "near-demonic hatred" many hold for neoconservatives, and noted that neoconservative ideas "come very much from within the mainstream tradition of U.S. foreign policy." [3] The society, however, disclaims any neoconservative affiliation.[4] The label has been rejected by the society which asserts that it is non-partisan (although the society does have prominent neo-conservative supporters, but also "liberal interventionists").
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