美國政府憲法的制定者明確表示，人擁有自由平等的權(quán)利，這是造物主賦予的不可剝奪的權(quán)利，不是政府賦予的（獨立宣言）。政府的角色是執(zhí)行這一自然的定律，同時保護公民的權(quán)利。人們可以用同樣的理念來對待外交政策的問題。創(chuàng)始人相信，通過方的國內(nèi)政策和外交政策，自然權(quán)利和財產(chǎn)的保護是最重要的�？紤]到這一點，美國“當代外交政策可以清楚地定性為進步的。”

外交政策的學生基于研究第28屆總統(tǒng)伍德羅•威爾遜的現(xiàn)代進步主義看到了相當明顯的進步。威爾遜，國家建設的主要支持者，試圖通過一個持久的和平來阻止像第一次世界大戰(zhàn)那樣全球性的災難。他把這種和平教學實踐比喻成養(yǎng)育孩子：“我們必須管理那些被監(jiān)護的人[最不發(fā)達的國家和人民]是兒童并且是政府和公平的深層次的問題”。

When drafting the United States government, the Framers of the Constitution made clear the principle that man derived his equality and unalienable rights from the Creator; not from government (Declaration of Independence). Government's role was to enforce this natural law while simultaneously protecting the rights of citizens. One could apply this same concept to matters of foreign policy. The Founders believed that through both domestic policy and foreign policy, the protection of natural rights and property was of the utmost importance. With this in mind, the United States' contemporary foreign policy can be clearly characterized as progressive.

Students of foreign policy see the underpinnings of modern day progressivism quite starkly upon their study of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, a major proponent of nation-building, sought to prevent global catastrophes like World War I though peace with an aspect of permanence. He likened this peace-teaching practice to ruling a child: "we must govern as those who learn and they must obey as those who are in tutelage. [Least developed countries and their people] are children and we are men in these deep matters of government and justice" (43). Through America's governance and help, countries can transform and institute democratic regimes.

In essence, to prevent disasters like WWI, every country must replicate the United States. As Burke stated, successful nations must combine government with liberty-the spirit of obedience with the spirit of free election (43); however, before a nation fully comprehends the notion of liberty, they must have a sense of discipline. This self-control will make liberty "a thing of life and not a thing of tumult, a tonic, not an insurgent madness in the blood" (43). This can ultimately be achieved through the formation of just laws and via them, obedience, and discipline, democracy undoubtedly will rise.

From this Progressive framework, one can see how the idea of nation building, essentially uplift, emerges quite quickly. After the fortunate demise of the Soviet Union, the world was left with one superpower: the United States. Paul Kennedy comments, "Nothing has ever existed like this disparity of powera，

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