On October 13, Foreign Affairs published a Q&A with experts on whether great-power competition should be the central organizing principle of US foreign policy. Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig argues the United States should focus on revitalizing and adapting a rules-based international system. Defending that system from great-power competitors should be part of a broader strategy.
Revitalizing and adapting the U.S.-led, rules-based international system should be the central organizing principle of U.S. foreign policy.