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America’s role in the world

Join the Atlantic Council for conversations on the most critical issues at the intersection of domestic and international affairs that will influence this year’s US elections.

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The next President will have to mobilize the American public to support a foreign policy that helps the United States and its allies protect democracy and enhance prosperity and security. Yet, in 2020’s America, public attitudes are in flux—wrestling with a changing demographic, a sense of wariness regarding US global leadership, and diminishing trust in government. How do Americans see the future of US foreign policy? How can the next presidential administration re-energize support for US international leadership? Can the United States develop a new way to lead in an increasingly multipolar world?

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Charlie Cook
Political Analyst
NBC News

Celinda Lake
President
Lake Research Partners

Norman Ornstein
Resident Senior Scholar
American Enterprise Institute

Kristen Soltis Anderson
Partner and Co-Founder
Echelon Insights

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Carol Lee
News Correspondent
NBC News

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