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4. Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006)
As Reagan’s UN Ambassador (1981–1985) and a key neoconservative, Jeane Kirkpatrick’s “Dictatorships and Double Standards” essay justified supporting anti-communist authoritarians over totalitarians, shaping Cold War strategy. She influenced the GOP’s hawkish foreign policy shift and remains a model for conservative internationalism.
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