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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (111745)	5/23/2009 1:35:18 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541931

It's not a left-right issue with me, I met plenty of liberal foreign policy academics with little practical experience anywhere but lots of intellectual curiosity. I gave their views the same weight that I give to K. Being well-traveled is crucial to understanding foreign policy as it is really practiced around the world. That's such a fundamental prerequisite that I don't see the need to debate it much. Are there any other professions where you don't actually need to carry out the profession's main activities before you become a senior analyst in the field? We have discussed economists with little practical experience here at great length, my views there are consistent with FP issues.