In his latest book, “The Last Best Hope,” political risk analyst John Hulsman offers a succinct, understandable guide to uniting the disparate wings of conservatism behind a realist foreign policy. While pitched at the interested layman rather than foreign policy nerds, Hulsman’s vignettes might even teach the most savvy readers a new thing or two. Such as, “After the Jay Treaty vote (1794), Washington never spoke to Jefferson or Madison again.” A healthy reminder, lest we think our own times and leaders are the most polarized in American history.
Before I describe the book further, a disclosure: John is one of my oldest friends, as well as a former fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where I work.
Conservatives are unable to unite in the relentless way that the Left doesthese days in Congress, but parsing them into specific tribes is a pointless exercise….
