10 Ways to Restore America’s Overseas Image
6. America Needs To Stop Being The World’s Sole Policeman
Every group needs a leader and why not America? After all, we certainly do benefit from a world that is more stable and peaceful, that is more democratic and prosperous, and that abides by global rules and norms. In a very real sense that’s the postwar world we were trying to create at the end of the Second World War, and nearly 70 years later, one can say that we’ve largely succeeded. But in an era when the threats to America are few and far between and when, current events notwithstanding, the world is unusually safe, this would be the perfect moment for America to fob off some of its global responsibilities to others and conduct some nation-building at home. America just can’t bear the sole responsibility for all of the world’s problems and must share this burden with other countries.
