Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Report to Congress on U.S. Role in the World

 The U.S. role in the world refers to the overall character, purpose, or direction of U.S. participation in international affairs and the country's overall relationship to the rest of the world.

The U.S. role in the world can be viewed as establishing the overall context or framework for U.S. policymakers for developing, implementing, and measuring the success of U.S. policies and actions on specific international issues, and for foreign countries or other observers for interpreting and understanding U.S. actions on the world stage.

While descriptions of the U.S. role in the world since the end of World War II vary in their specifics, it can be described in general terms as consisting of four key elements: global leadership; defense and promotion of the liberal international order; defense and promotion of freedom, democracy, and human rights; and prevention of the emergence of regional hegemons in Eurasia.

The issue for Congress is whether the U.S. role in the world is changing, and if so, what implications this might have for the United States and the world.

Particularly critics of the Trump Administration, argue that under the Trump Administration, the United States is substantially changing the U.S. role in the world.

Other observers, particularly supporters of the Trump Administration, while acknowledging that the Trump Administration has changed U.S. foreign policy in a number of areas compared to policies pursued by the Obama Administration, argue that under the Trump Administration, there has been less change and more continuity regarding the U.S. role in the world.

Congress's decisions regarding the U.S role in the world could have significant implications for numerous policies, plans, programs, and budgets, and for the role of Congress relative to that of the executive branch in U.S. foreign policymaking.

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/01/report-to-congress-u-s-role-in-the-world?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=ce1b201fd7-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-ce1b201fd7-234204989&ct=t(USNI_NEWS_DAILY)&mc_cid=ce1b201fd7&mc_eid=00107643c8

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