Bernie Sanders inspired millions with his forceful support for redistribution and public goods. But while in his earlier days the senator had a laudable history of opposing significant aspects of Washington foreign policy — from the Cuba blockade to the Vietnam War — during the 2016 primary he largely accepted the bulk of Barack Obama’s hawkish national security strategy.

Which is why his foreign policy speech yesterday at Westminster College was so hotly anticipated. Would Sanders use the opportunity to take an approach more akin to that of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn?

As it happens, Sanders used the opportunity to do just that, sketching out a vision that sharply rejects decades of Washington consensus on foreign policy.