We are living in an unbelievable moment
of change. Institutions that many foreign
policy people have just taken for
granted for 70 years are being
questioned and a lot of these things
don't stand still. You have to actually
remind people why, you know, the new
global order after World War II is
important for our continued security and
safety. We haven't had to do that in a
long time, to really explain to
people, like, where I'm from in Michigan
why this stuff is important. And I think
we need to change the paradigm and the
foreign policy establishment has to say
"what can we do to make our case to the
general public."
I think foreign policy professionals
have not had to do that and we're not
particularly good at it. And it's not a
policy answer, right? You have to explain
to people where I live how you're going
help their pocketbooks and their kids.
And we're going to have to pull people
along with us in order to be, at least
for the United States, to maintain a
strong leadership role in the world.
