Jeane Kirkpatrick is significant because she was one of
the "neoconservative" thinkers who pushed the US towards conservatism in the 1970s and
1980s. She was an important thinker in bringing about the "Reagan Revolution" that
transformed the US political scene.
Kirkpatrick's focus was
mainly on foreign policy. She believed strongly in opposing communism around the
globe. Specifically, she believed that the US should side with any regime that was
anticommunist, no matter how repressive it was. She believed that repressive and
dictatorial regimes could be brought around by the example of the US and become
democratic.
Kirkpatrick ended up as an advisor to Ronald
Reagan, as a member of his National Security Council, and eventually as the first woman
to be the US Ambassador to the UN.
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