In these early weeks of 2016, a thoughtful canvassing of world affairs and the challenges to our nation’s foreign policy engagement doesn’t paint a particularly pretty picture. Indeed, there are days when I consider the state of our planet and ask myself, “Can anything in the world go right?” Everywhere I look there seems to be turmoil, conflict and violence, and just when one global trouble spot seems to simmer down, another pops up in its place. The U.S. finds itself fighting fires in every corner of the globe, but increasingly it feels as if we’re caught in …read more
Source: The Huffington Post