Foreign Policy Experts Target U.S. 'Empire-Building'

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WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct 16 (IPS) -- Representatives of a new coalition of prominent foreign-policy scholars and analysts whose political views range from right to center-left announced here Thursday they hope to spearhead opposition to the imperial policies pursued by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites).


Leaders of the "Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy" charged that the administration is moving ''in a dangerous direction toward empire,'' an idea that they said has never been embraced by the U.S. public.


The spokespersons said they will hold a series of policy forums and conferences around the country, publish papers and articles, and represent an anti-imperial viewpoint on television and radio, media that, since the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon (news - web sites), have been largely dominated by pro-imperial or pro-war voices.


''We are a diverse group of scholars and analysts from across the political spectrum who believe that the move toward empire must be halted immediately,'' says the coalition's charter statement, signed by 44 foreign-policy specialists.

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