foreign policy

But foreign policy and Africa will likely play a larger role in his second term than many of his supporters and critics thought possible last year.

Given the size and dynamism of the evangelical vote, this has clear implications for U.S. foreign policy, and the backlash from the media and opinion elites has been fierce.

Mr. Merry is the author of six books on American history and foreign policy, including “Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861.”

“Soon the storm will break loose,” he said to Oleg Troyanovsky, one of his top foreign policy aides, when they were back in the premier’s office in Moscow.

He meant that on any policy debate—immigration restrictions, social matters, foreign policy, economics—the Christian Democrats should create room for politicians and voters to espouse the most conservative position.