ABSTRACT
Bill Clinton's administration developed a strategic vision or a set of orienting principles for the United States in the post-Cold War era. Clinton administration and democratic enlargement were in clear continuity with the history of US foreign policy. Though 'engagement' remained the central explicit strategic concept, 'democratic enlargement' was left out altogether, with 'enlargement' only mentioned in relation to NATO and the European Union. Enlargement thinking endured also because it was in tune with Clinton's worldview, which saw democracy, trade and economic globalization as inseparable, and with his project of modernization for the Democratic Party. The challenge for the president and his administration would be how to turn this worldview and the strategy it had generated into concrete policies toward other countries. In 1993, a National Economic Council (NEC) was created with a coordinating mandate for both domestic and international economic policy, the Commerce Department released a National Export Strategy with a new focus on 'big emerging markets'.
