In this week’s issue of TIME, Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haass takes President Obama’s call for domestic investment from a June speech announcing an accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan, and expands it into a new way of thinking about U.S. foreign policy. With the threat of a dominance struggle between global powers left in the last century and democratization efforts tarnished by bitter experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, Haass argues it’s time for a doctrine of “restoration” — a rebalancing of U.S. resources that favors domestic pursuits over foreign ones, while maintaining an active force in global affairs when, and only when, the need arises. Pick up a print issue or subscribe online to read the whole thing.
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