SETTING GLOBAL PRIVITIES

In: FP, Band 73, S. 22-40

Abstract

EVEN THOUGH AMERICA'S FOREIGN - POLICY FOUNDATION IS STURDY AND SHOULD NOT BE TAMPERED WITH, AND EVEN THOUGH IN VITUALLY ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THE UNITED STATES WILL WANT TO MAINTAIN ITS ALLIANCES WITH JAPAN AND WESTERN EUROPE, THE FACT REMAINS THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS A NEW FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY. THE THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY IS CHANGING, AND THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF U.S. POLICY, WHICH WAS ERECTED OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS IN RESPONSE TO THAT THREAT IS COLLAPSING. THE UNITED STATES NOW NEEDS TO DEVELOP A NEW SET OF POLICIES THAT REFLECTS THE REALITY OF LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE CHANGING THREAT TO AMERICAN INTERESTS BUT THAT COMMITS IT TO AN ACTIVE ROLE AS THE ONLY TRUE GLOBAL POWER.