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Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Disciplines:
politics
liberalism
denmark
nato

Summary

Danish politician — Prime Minister of Denmark (2001–2009) — Secretary General of NATO (2009–2014) — founder of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation — who as NATO SG managed the Afghan surge and the Libyan intervention.

Core Contribution

Creates the democracies vs. autocracies framework as a NATO organizing principle — Rasmussen's post-NATO work through the Alliance of Democracies has been the most prominent institutional expression of the argument that the fundamental geopolitical division is democratic vs. authoritarian systems.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Will to Lead

Historical Influences

Liberal democratic tradition NATO alliance structure

Intellectual Lineage

Aarhus, DenmarkAarhus UniversityVenstre partyPM of DenmarkNATO SG

Contemporaries & Peers

George W. Bush Barack Obama Jens Stoltenberg

Minds Influenced

NATO policy

Intellectual Posterity

Alliance of DemocraciesNATO Afghanistan surge

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