Premium ReportsThe Republican Battle Between Neoconservatism and America First‘You can’t really win a Republican primary or even really be competitive being a neocon. Impossible,’ Steve Bannon says. CopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailListenSaveIllustration by The Epoch Times, Getty ImagesBy Nathan Worcester|November 26, 2023Updated:November 27, 2023News AnalysisVivek Ramaswamy has a favorite term for his enemies on foreign policy: “neocon,” short for neoconservative.