As Congress Weighs Whether It Can Fund Wars in Ukraine, Taiwan, and the Middle East, the ‘Realist School’ of Foreign Policy May Have Its Moment
A policy of restraint is bidding for attention, but what about the ‘monsters’?

As Washington tears itself apart over America’s open-ended financial and military commitment to underwrite Ukraine in its war with Russia, some foreign policy thinkers are urging Washington to consider a countervailing strategy known as realism, which favors more restraint in international affairs and is bidding to have its moment.
This view has been building in respect of Ukraine but could yet affect Israel as the Jewish state goes to war against Hamas. President Biden on Tuesday said he would soon go to Congress for more funding for Israel. Yet lawmakers from both parties are voicing skepticism that there will be enough aid to support American commitments to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
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