ConservativeHome's Dictionary

War on terror

The war on terror is most properly thought of as a race against terrorists determined to find and deploy weapons of terrible destruction against civilisation.

US exceptionalism

Increasingly well-organised American conservatives are driving US policy on terror, the environment and values issues.

Anglosphere

The English-speaking nations who share a system of law, a commitment to free market economics and a proactive approach to the war on terror.

Rogue (and failed) states

Rogue states provide sanctuary, financing or weaponry to terrorist networks.

Regime change (and 'democratic peace')

Changing totalitarian regimes into democracies is likely to build peace between nations.

Permanent interests

Conservatives should not develop inflexible affections or dislikes for people, institutions and nations that might cloud an understanding of their permanent interests.

Old Europe

Chirac’s France, Schroeder’s Germany, Heseltinia and Pattendom are all members of the economically and globally weak Old Europe.

Michael Moore Conservatives

Michael Moore Conservatives are weak in the war on terror, opposed George W Bush’s re-election and are antagonistic towards Israel.

Meterosexual or poseur multilateralism

Poseur multilateralists prefer a consensual foreign policy that looks good to one that does any good.