Michael Singh writes: A recent survey by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs revealed that Americans of all parties still believe in U.S. global leadership. As they return to the White House, Republicans should make the case for a foreign policy that will deliver leadership in an increasingly competitive world, and do so successfully and sustainably. This is vital not only for American citizens but also for the multitudes abroad who still regard the United States as the world’s best hope because they so directly know the alternatives. – National Review (subscription required)
Robert Ford writes: There is time to reassure friends around the world, and the United States possesses very capable professional diplomatic and military personnel to help the new administration team do that. Before we can do that, however, the new administration needs to define whether it actually wants to maintain America’s leading role, what it wants from allies, and how firmly attached it truly is to the values of the international order that the United States created after the cataclysm of World War II. – War on the Rocks