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.

Useful idiot

Dangerous forces are often served by unwitting allies. The peace-at-any-price brigade are the useful idiots of today's terrorists.

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.

Pre-emption (self defence)

Pre-emption is the alternative to suicide for democracies threatened by terrorist-supporting regimes with access to technologies of mass destruction.

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.

Just war

The Just War principles point nations to the circumstances in which armed conflict can be morally justifiable.