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The Hazards of Metaphors in Foreign Policy

Published October 17, 2015by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

by Paul R. Pillar Physical, spatial imagery has long been applied to discourse about U.S. foreign policy. During the earlier portion of the Cold War, for example, the image of oozing red paint as representing the advance of communism—somewhat like… Continue Reading →

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