The Henry Jackson Society is a non-partisan society or think tank (with tax-exempt charity status) that aims to promote 'democratic geopolitics'. It is based at Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. Named after former U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson, a Democrat from Washington State, the society advocates a proactive approach to the spread of liberal democracy across the world, including, when necessary, by military intervention, and conducts research into questions related to this goal. The society advocates the use of military power in specific situations: to end ethnic cleansing; to remove oppressive dictators when other means fail; and to prevent the breakdown of the rule of law. Its perspective is fundamentally Atlanticist but it is also pro-European and explicitly argues for European military integration. This article is about the institution. ... For other uses, see Democracy (disambiguation). ... Geopolitics is the study which analyses geography, history and social science with reference to international politics. ... Full name Peterhouse Motto - Named after St Peters Church (now little St Marys Church) Previous names - Established 1284 Sister College Merton College Master The Lord Wilson of Tillyron Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates 271 Graduates 128 Homepage Boatclub Peterhouse is the oldest college in the University of Cambridge. ... The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... Henry Martin Scoop Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was a U.S. Congressman and Senator for Washington State from 1941 until his death. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,824 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Liberal democracy is a form of government. ... Atlanticism is a philosophy of cooperation among European and North American nations regarding political, economic, and defense issues. ... The constitutional treaty as signed in Rome on 29 October 2004 by representatives from all EU Member States The European Union (EU) is a supranational and intergovernmental union of 27 democratic member states of Europe and their respective overseas departments (esp. ... The European Security and Defence Policy or ESDP is a major element of the Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar of the European Union (EU). ...

Because of this advocacy the society has been called 'neo-conservative' in, for example, The Guardian newspaper. At the society's inaugural meeting, one of the key academic founders, Brendan Simms praised Jackson's legacy, and criticised the "near-demonic hatred" many hold for neoconservatives, and noted that neoconservative ideas "come very much from within the mainstream tradition of U.S. foreign policy."[1] The society, however, disclaims any neoconservative affiliation.[2] The label has been rejected by the society which asserts that it is non-partisan (although the society does have prominent neo-conservative supporters, but also "liberal interventionists"). Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... Dr. Brendan Simms is an historian, writer, and Newton-Sheehy teaching fellow at the University of Cambridge in the Centre of International Studies. ...

History and political aims

The Society was founded in March 2005 by academics and students at Cambridge (mostly affiliated with the Centre for International Studies), including Brendan Simms, Alan Mendoza, James Rogers, Gideon Mailer and Matthew Jamison. It organises speaker meetings in Cambridge, events in the House of Commons, and hopes to garner backing from across the political spectrum in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe and to use it to increase support for an interventionist foreign policy, which seeks to end suffering and oppression throughout the globe, through military action when necessary. Dr. Brendan Simms is an historian, writer, and Newton-Sheehy teaching fellow at the University of Cambridge in the Centre of International Studies. ... Dr. Alan Mendoza is the Executive Director and co-president of the Henry Jackson Society, which advocates the view that supporting and promoting liberal democracy should be an integral part of Western foreign policy. ... James M. Rogers, based at the University of Cambridge, is the Executive Secretary of The Henry Jackson Society, founded in Cambridge and London. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status: City (1951) Region: East of England Admin. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

As of 2006, the society is raising the profile of the Ahwazi Arabs of Iran, who it claims are presently being oppressed by the Iranian regime.

The Society has also been to visit No. 10 Downing Street.[3]

Supporters and influence

It has many high-profile signatories to its statement of principles, including the Members of Parliament Michael Ancram, Michael Gove, Greg Pope, Edward Vaizey, David Willetts, Denis MacShane, Gisela Stuart, former MPs David Trimble, Jackie Lawrence, as well as Sir Richard Dearlove — former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, and presently Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge - and Irwin Stelzer, Rupert Murdoch's friend. Notable patrons include Richard Perle and William Kristol — two of the leading lights in the American neoconservative movement, and James Woolsey — former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Michael Ancram The Most Honourable Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian, PC, QC (born 7 July 1945), known as Michael Ancram, is a UK Conservative Party politician. ... Michael Andrew Gove (born August 26, 1967, Edinburgh) is a British politician, journalist and author. ... Gregory James Pope (born 29 August 1960, Blackburn) is a Roman Catholic politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Honourable Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born June 5, 1968) is a British Conservative commentator, politician and columnist. ... David Willetts David Linsay Willetts (born March 9, 1956) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Havant, in the United Kingdom. ... Dr. Denis MacShane (born May 21, 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Gisela Gschaider Stuart (born November 26, 1955 as Gisela Gschaider) is the member of Parliament for Birmingham Edgbaston in the United Kingdom. ... The Lord Trimble William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, PC (born 15 October 1944), known as David Trimble, is a Northern Irish politician who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the first First Minister of Northern Ireland. ... Jacqueline Rita Lawrence (born 9 August 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Sir Richard Dearlove is a career intelligence officer and, until May 6, 2004, head of Britains Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the United Kingdoms external intelligence agency. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates ~240 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a... Irwin M. Stelzer (born 1932) is an American economist. ... Rupert Keith Murdoch AC, KCSG, (born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 11 March 1931) is an Australian-American global media executive and is the top shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York City. ... Richard Norman Perle, (born September 16, 1941 in New York City), is an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. ... William Bill Kristol (born December 23, 1952 in New York City) is a Jewish American neoconservative thinker, inspired in part by the ideas of Leo Strauss. ... Neoconservatism refers to the political movement, ideology, and public policy goals of new conservatives in the United States, who are mainly characterized by their relatively interventionist and hawkish views on foreign policy, and their lack of support for the small government principles and restrictions on social spending, when compared with... Robert James Woolsey, Jr. ... The Office of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) was established on January 23rd 1946 with Adm. ... CIA redirects here. ...

The society has the support of several journalists, including Stephen Pollard, Gerard Baker and Oliver Kamm. In addition, signatories Gisela Stuart and Greg Pope are members of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, which consults on British foreign policy. Stephen Pollard is best known as a British author and journalist, although his principle job is as a policy expert for a Brussels based think tank, the Centre for a New Europe. ... Oliver Kamm (born 1963) is a British blogger, journalist and author. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Foreign Affairs Committee is one of many Select Committees of the British House of Commons, which scrutinises the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. ...

The April 2006 statement of geopolitical principles produced by members of the British left and known as the "Euston Manifesto" has significant similarities with the Henry Jackon Society's ideas. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... The Euston Manifesto (pron. ...

Statement of principles

In its statement of principles, the Society:

1. Believes that modern liberal democracies set an example to which the rest of the world should aspire.
2. Supports a ‘forward strategy’ to assist those countries that are not yet liberal and democratic to become so. This would involve the full spectrum of ‘carrot’ capacities, be they diplomatic, economic, cultural or political, but also, when necessary, those ‘sticks’ of the military domain.
3. Supports the maintenance of a strong military, by the United States, the countries of the European Union and other democratic powers, armed with expeditionary capabilities with a global reach.
4. Supports the necessary furtherance of European military modernisation and integration under British leadership, preferably within North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
5. Stresses the importance of unity between the world’s great democracies, represented by institutions such as NATO, the European Union and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, amongst many others.
6. Believes that only modern liberal democratic states are truly legitimate, and that any international organisation - such as the United Nations - which admits undemocratic states on an equal basis is fundamentally flawed.
7. Gives 'two cheers for capitalism'. There are limits to the market, which needs to serve the democratic community and should be reconciled to the environment.
8. Accepts that while priorities must be set and compromises sometimes accepted, democracies should never lose sight of their fundamental values. This means that alliances with repressive regimes can only be temporary. It also means a strong commitment to individual and civil liberties in democratic states, even and especially when those states are under attack.

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Media coverage

• The Henry Jackson Society, The Guardian.
• Beth B. Alexander, 'Crying Wolf' over the neoconservatives, The Washington Times, November 22, 2004.
• David Clark, The neconservative temptation beckoning Britain's bitter liberals. For leftists divided by Iraq, tomorrow's launch of a rightwing political society could be a transforming moment, The Guardian, November 21, 2005.
• Ros Taylor, Inside the hawks' nest, The Guardian, November 22, 2005.
• Don't blame 'Scoop' for the neocons, The Guardian, November 23, 2005.
• Stephen Pollard, What’s left, right, centre and neocon all over. A new group shows that the old party political divides have broken down, The Sunday Times, November 27, 2005. (NB: Pollard is one of the signatories of the HJS's principles although this is not noted in the article.)
• James Heartfield, Humanitarian interventionists dig in, Spiked Online, December 16, 2005.
• Fran Kelly, New Life for Neoconservatism?, ABC Radio News (Australia), January 6, 2006.
• Gisela Stuart, Finding Neo. Gisela Stuart argues for a robust foreign policy, Progress, January/February 2006.

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See also

• List of UK think tanks
• Peterhouse school of history
• Euston Manifesto
• British Moment

This is a list of think tanks in the United Kingdom. ... The Peterhouse school of history was named after the Cambridge college of the same name where the history taught concentrated on high politics. That is, the study of fifty or sixty politicians in conscious tension with one another, in the words of Maurice Cowling, the most prominent member of the... The Euston Manifesto (pron. ... The British Moment The British Moment is a term, first used by The Henry Jackson Society, to describe the growth of British global influence in recent years. ...

External links

• The Henry Jackson Society