Liberal stance on foreign policy = whatever stances Democrats take on foreign policy
Conservative stance on foreign policy = whatever stances Republicans take on foreign policy
Not all Democrats have what IR scholars would call a liberal stance on foreign policy.
Similarly, our perception in Europe is that there is a big divide in the GOP between the old neo-conservative guard of Bush II (which actually has a closer position to the liberal world view above, but is not afraid to put the multilateral system into question to advance state interests) and the more overtly jacksonian wing Trump sort of incarnates, that disowns any kind of multilateralism, and has no interest in exporting their values on a world stage other than a limited vision of American security and state interests. I'm interested in what Americans on here think of this divide in the GOP.
Its hard to forget Trump still hasn't actually engaged American forces the same way his predecessors have - Syria the notable exception but this was under extreme duress of the previous wing.
OP : my advice, learn about the theories, but then learn about the paticularities of foreign policy strands in your country too, and their economic and security interests. Don't reduce yourself to the macro-level theory when conducted foreign policy analysis.
