ABSTRACT
The second Bush Administration will have to deal with two fundamental dilemmas: first, how to reconcile the war against terror with a commitment to make the world safe for democracy; and second, how to assure that unchallenged United States military supremacy is used to enhance America's ability to shape the world rather than provoke global opposition to the U.S. President Bush will enhance his legacy and do a lot of good for United States foreign policy effectiveness if he makes high-minded realism his foreign policy motto. Finally, the focus on democracy should not be presented to others as an imperial command. Over the centuries people have been advised by leaders from John Adams to George Kennan to Ronald Reagan to be unto the world as a shining city on a hill, appealing to the better instincts of mankind-not to become a military empire demanding subservience.
