Measuring the Fault Lines in Current US Foreign Policy

Two years into a presidency that continues to question America’s global self-interests, debate continues over whether the United States should be the world’s policeman, a sideline referee for world problems, or simply a self-interested bystander carrying a “big stick.” In a recent opinion article in the Wall Street Journal (March 5, 2019), Walter Mead argued that “There is no more important question in world politics than this: Will U.S. public opinion continue to support an active and strategically focused foreign policy?” CONT.

V. Lance Tarrance, Gallup