Democratic Realism is a philosophy of communication championed by Charles Krauthammer. It is, essentially, the vision of the United States spreading democracy by force to strategically vital areas throughout the globe, particularly the Middle East. Krauthammer first articulated his view in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute in May 2004. It was received negatively by political scientist Francis Fukuyama, who wrote an article criticizing democratic realism (he said Krauthammer was "strangely disconnected from reality") in the Summer 2004 issue of The National Interest. A response from Krauthammer followed in the next issue of TNI.
