Foreign Affairs

‘Re-engage the world’: Rethinking U.S. national security strategy

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March 23, 2021

Eliot Cohen, Eric Edelman, Michèle Flournoy

President Biden has promised that under his leadership America will “re-engage the world.” Three former White House officials representing both parties discuss the nation’s most pressing national security concerns and evaluate the Biden administration’s evolving foreign policy approach as well as the practical obstacles he's facing.