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(...) Former US officials told The Post that one reason they paid little attention to the American jehadis who fought from Afghanistan to Kashmir, from Bosnia to Chechnya, is that often they did not appear to be violating US laws -- "at least any that are ever enforced." The Post noted that the US Neutrality Act bans taking up arms against a nation with which the US is at peace, but prosecutions under the law are rare. - (in) American nationals fought in Kashmir: Report - TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2002  6:58:30 PM WASHINGTON: US authorities have found that American nationals have fought along with militants operating in Kashmir, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Chechnya. - The Times of India
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With the end of the cold war, the more traditional aspects of the grand strategy of U.S. foreign affairs--military and diplomatic relations--lost the focus they enjoyed when international relations were grounded in anticommunism. Without the framework of the cold war--the good fight against the evil empire of communism--politicians, scholars, and think tank experts found it more difficult to sell military budgets and internationalist engagement. Lacking an overarching vision of the U.S. role in global affairs--like anticommunism and the closely related commitment to the kind of liberal internationalism first articulated by Woodrow Wilson--U.S. foreign and military policy fell into disarray, outside the new focus on foreign economic policy. FOREIGN POLICY: SHAPING GLOBAL AFFAIRS By Tom Barry FPIF. 02-07-2002
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