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Can Foreign Policy be Separated from Morality? Joan Swart
Defence Policy and Strategy

Can Foreign Policy be Separated from Morality? Joan Swart

Foreign policy is often presented as a calculation of national interest, separate from emotion and morality. Yet national interest itself is shaped by history, values and strategic culture, raising a difficult question: when principle, international law and material interests conflict, how should a state decide what it ought to do?