neoconservative
noun
neo·con·ser·va·tive
ˌnē-ō-kən-ˈsər-və-tiv 
1
: a former liberal espousing political conservatism
2
: a conservative who advocates the assertive promotion of democracy and U.S. national interest in international affairs including through military means
neoconservative
adjective
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The party’s traditional establishment is made up of neoconservatives and primacists who want the United States to exercise its power around the world and use its military capabilities to achieve many ends.
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Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024
In Iraq, many in the Bush administration saw the most promising equivalent as Ahmed Chalabi, an exiled opponent of Saddam who was close with several neoconservatives.
—Garrett M. Graff, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2023
By 2014, the Munich Conference was where U.S. neoconservatives went to pummel their European counterparts for acting independently.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Then again, without Carter as the nominee, the neoconservatives who broke away from the Democrats might have stayed in the fold.
—Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
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Andrew Byers, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2024
In Iraq, many in the Bush administration saw the most promising equivalent as Ahmed Chalabi, an exiled opponent of Saddam who was close with several neoconservatives.
—Garrett M. Graff, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2023
By 2014, the Munich Conference was where U.S. neoconservatives went to pummel their European counterparts for acting independently.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Then again, without Carter as the nominee, the neoconservatives who broke away from the Democrats might have stayed in the fold.
—Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
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