The most significant transformation of Republican policy over the past 15 years, and one that is not talked about nearly enough, pertains to foreign affairs. National populists within the Republican Party today embrace more of a non-interventionist foreign policy—one that is closer to what was previously articulated by a minor but vocal fringe of libertarians within the Republican Party in the past. This represents a drastic departure from the neoconservative orthodoxy of the Bush years.
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