Clinton’s democracy promotion was aimed at making the world safe for neoliberal capitalism

Evidence

Anthony Lake, Clinton’s national security advisor, argued that during the era of “the Cold War we contained a global threat to market democracies.” Now, after the collapse of the Soviet threat, it was possible to “consolidate the victory of democracy and open markets.” Consequently, the Clinton vision was about promoting democracy through neoliberal reforms. The world needed to be made safe for neoliberal capitalism—and Clinton took it upon himself to penetrate areas of the world previously under Soviet control. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 406

Categorization

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